2014 National Conference on Mining-Influenced Waters

Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this conference will provide a forum for the exchange of scientific information on current and emerging approaches to assessing characterization, monitoring, source control, treatment and/or remediation on mining-influenced waters.

The conference is aimed at mining remediation researchers and practitioners; federal, state, local and tribal decision makers; the mining industry; and others interested in the management, remediation and restoration of impacted hardrock mining areas.

Example topics may include but are not limited to the following: Characterization, Water Treatment, Beneficial Use, Source Control/Mine Closure Approaches, and Prediction and Modeling.

There is no registration fee to attend this conference; online registration is open.

Post-Conference Field Trip
Thursday, August 14, 2014 
12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

EPA, with assistance from the USDA Forest Service, is planning a field trip to the Nacimiento Copper Mine. The mine is an abandoned open pit copper mine that was also the site for in-situ leaching operations that contaminated the underlying groundwater. Nacimiento is a pump and treat operation using a semi passive rock substrate bioreactor located in the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, New Mexico. The tour will include the bioreactor, pit lake and extraction well fields.

Registration for the field trip is free, but pre-registration is required. Capacity for the field trip is limited so registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.