Mining is one of the major pollution sources worldwide, causing huge disturbances to the
environment. Industrial and artisanal mining activities are widespread in Mexico, a major …

This study investigated freshwater macroinvertebrate communities in waterways
contaminated by active and abandoned mining and industrial activities in order to ascertain …

This study investigated the water pollution impact of mine drainage from an underground
colliery that had stopped mining 3 years earlier. After more than a century of operation, the …

Tens of thousands of stream kilometers worldwide are degraded by a legacy of acid loads,
high metal concentrations, and altered habitat caused by acid mine drainage (AMD) from …

The environmental regulation of a coal mine in the greater Sydney area has failed to
recognise the importance of and protect a high conservation-value river located in a World …

Government and academic studies indicate that many streams in the Appalachian
Mountains have degraded biological communities stemming from a variety of regional …

This study examined a single underground coal mine and investigated two aspects of its
operation: the disposal of the mine waste through a discharge to a nearby river and the …

Internationally, waterways within urban areas are subject to broad-scale environmental
impairment from urban land uses. In this study, we used in-stream macroinvertebrates as …

This study examined two underground coal mines in the Sydney basin and investigated the
water chemistry impact from their wastewater discharges to surface receiving waters. One …

Several studies, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, have demonstrated that
chironomids are responsive to pollution (eg, heavy metals, organic). In Australia, there is …