Remediation of a Severe Acid Sulfate Soil Disturbance Near Cairns, Australia

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Smith, C. D.
  • Martens, M. A.
  • McElnea, A. E.

• An 18-month project was undertaken to test the effectiveness of controlled daily tidal exchange augmented with hydrated lime treatment of surface waters as an approach for remediating a severe acid sulfate soil disturbance at East Trinity, Cairns, north Queensland. Actual acid sulfate soils were producing hazardous levels of acid and heavy metal contaminants and degrading approximately 720 of the 940 ha East Trinity property and the adjacent foreshores. A government-led research team established a series of research projects with the aim of characterising the site (soils, water, terrain) and testing the effect of the lime-assisted tidal exchange management strategy on soils, water, sediments and biota.

• Date created

  2003

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Treatment
  • Coal Characterisation/Assessment
  • Regulations
  • Underground
  • Covers
  • Tailings
  • Non-mining
  • Waste Rock
  • Pit Lakes
  • Prediction
  • Surface Flux Modelling

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-50wm-6z59

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