Many Voices, Many Solutions - Innovative Mine Reclamation in Central Appalachia

The cleanup of Kentucky’s abandoned mines and the transformation of the East Kentucky economy are two of the most pressing challenges—and opportunities—facing the region. [...] AML NEXUS Further, if the money saved over the lifetime of the system is reinvested into the school system, the impact of the As mentioned in the project description, the project solar array will be much greater. [...] The remediation component of the project will employ passive and ecological remediation techniques to treat water from the stream, improving water quality and serving as an educational tool about the importance of clean water and the process of AMD remediation. [...] Neutralization of the acid provides significant benefits to the watershed, but in the immediate vicinity of the treatment, large quantities of metals accumulate in the stream—smother- ing habitat and leaving a localized and heavily polluted area of no recovery. [...] Since that time the community has completed two of the projects identified in The possibilities for Abandoned-Mine-Lands-connected economic development in the community of Dante, Vir- the plan: a new playground and a main welcome sign.