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Study: Acid mine drainage can help clean up, recycle fracking wastewater

Frik Els | January 12, 2014 | 3:56 pm Education Energy Coal 

It seems two wrongs sometimes can make a right. Also a naturally occurring process, acid rock drainage is a major environmental challenge in heavily mined areas. ARD takes place when abandoned underground metals mines become flooded and is also associated with...

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