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Acid Mine Drainage |
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water in mine shafts reacts with the metals in the rocks to form acid
water. the rivers. This water is pumped out of the shafts and it flows into the rivers and contaminates the water with heavy metals and uranium. How serious is the threat? Read the articles that follow and you decide: Jo'burg faces threat greater than acid mine drainage;Contamination of the Wonderfontein Spring BBC Report on Acid Mine Drainage
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