PROJECT

MINE TAILINGS
MONTANA, USA

WaterTectonics worked with project partners to pilot an innova-

tive long-term cleanup approach for this closed mine operation QUICK FACTS
Location: Montana, USA
in Montana. The remote site produced year-round tailings that
Client: Confidential
discharged to a sensitive creek in pristine Montana wilderness. Year: 2012

WaterTectonics deployed a treatment train utilizing WaveIonics Industry: Mining

Application: Surface Water
electrocoagulation followed by reverse osmosis and exceeded all Contaminants: TSS, TDS, Arsenic
project effluent goals at an overall lower cost.

PARAMETER UNITS INFLUENT EC EFFLUENT RO EFFLUENT

Total Suspended Solids mg/L 32 11 0.1
Total Dissolved Solids mg/L 11,700 11,800 714
Sulfate mg/L 4,770 4,480 34
Iron, Total mg/L 266 0.22 0.01
Manganese, Total mg/L 11.4 0.768 0.005
Arsenic, Total mg/L 3.21 0.01 0.003

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