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PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat

December 10, 2020

PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat can be used with cost-analysis software to identify potential cost-effective strategies for treatment of acid mine drainage. Complementary tools (CausticTitration, ParallelTreatment, TreatTrainMix2) are available to simulate treatment using synthetic chemicals and natural substrates.

Equilibrium aqueous and surface speciation models are combined with kinetic models to simulate water-quality changes during treatment, including:

  • Atmospheric exchange
  • Iron and manganese oxidation
  • Organic carbon oxidation
  • Limestone dissolution

PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat outputs include:

  • pH, specific conductance
  • dissolved metals
  • total dissolved solids
  • mass of precipitated solids
green, orange, trees, wetlands, houses
Silver Creek Aerobic Wetlands, New Philadelphia, PA

 

Treatment Stage:

0-Untreated

1-Sedimentation Pond

2-Aeration Cascade

3-Aerobic Pond

4-Aeration Cascade

5-Aerobic Pond

6-Riprap Cascade

7-Aerobic Wetland

8-Riprap Cascade

9-Aerobic Wetland

10-Riprap

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suggested citation: Cravotta, C.A. III, 2020. Interactive PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling tools to evaluate performance and design of treatment systems for acid mine drainage (software download). U.S. Geological Survey Software Release https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QEE3D5.

Related journal article: "Interactive PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling tools to evaluate performance and design of treatment systems for acid mine drainage". 

Publication Year 2020
Title PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog