Determination of the Artificial Filtering Massif Location for Purification Quarry Wastewaters of Kamyshansky Open Pit Mine

Abstract

The most common purification methods in the coal industry are settling ponds and filtering treatment constructions. But in some cases, the use of traditional methods and schemes of water purification is complicated by the conditions of water discharge or does not provide the required water quality. For example, sharp seasonal fluctuations in the level of discharge and water pollution, a large number of spillways distant from each other and a change in their location during the development and moving of mining operations often make it difficult to use expensive and difficult to operate industrial wastewater treatment plants. Often, mining enterprises have a shortage of land areas to place such plants. In this regard, studies have been conducted aimed at identifying the possibility of water purification from suspended solids by filtering in arrays of coarse rock and semi-rock. Such arrays included, first of all, overburden dumps, various technological dams and embankments, as well as specially constructed filter arrays from mining waste. This article presents the results of studies to determine the location of the filter massif in the open pit “Kamyshansky”.