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Midwestern Reclamation Site Project

Final Report from the Indiana Geological Survey to the Indiana Division of Reclamation

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The thumbnails below provide an overview of various reclamation and monitoring
activities. Full-size versions of the thumbnails are available upon request.

Pre-reclamation Conditions

Pump Test

Hydrologic Monitoring

Reclamation Activities

Post-reclamation Conditions

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Pre-reclamation Conditions

Refuse deposit in central part of study area, near Monitoring Well 2, looking northeast toward vegetated spoil deposits		North Pond, looking south
South Pond, looking west		View of spring from above, looking southeastward
View of spring from below, looking northwestward		View of spring from below, looking northwestward
View of spring from below, looking northwestward		View of seep, in vicinity of former mine slope
View of highwall on west side of North Pond		View of Central Pond

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Pump Test

Apparatus for conducting pump test on South Pond

Outflow from pump test; flow was determined by measuring the time it took to fill the tank

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Hydrologic Monitoring

Measuring field chemistry during quarterly sampling		Measuring flow from the spring during pre-reclamation period
Measuring flow from the spring during pre-reclamation period		Instruments for measuring flow from the PALD
Instruments for measuring flow and chemistry at outlet from site		Instruments for measuring flow and chemistry at outlet from site
Servicing of autosampler (foreground)		Re-installation of autosampler into protective box
Sampling water at outlet from site		Instruments for field measurements of pH, Eh, and conductivity
Filtration of water samples in field		Titration of water sample in field
Bailing a water sample		Bailing a water sample
Bailing a water sample		Drilling a monitoring well
Weir for measuring streamflow; view from upstream		Weir for measuring streamflow; view from downstream

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Reclamation Activities

Preparation of refuse surface for emplacement of ash fill		Emplacement of ash fill
Emplacement of ash fill in area of South Pond		Emplacement of ash fill
Emplacement of ash fill in area of South Pond		Preparation of refuse surface for emplacement of ash fill
Condition of spring during reclamation

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Post-reclamation Conditions

View of PALD from below, looking southwestward		View of PALD from the side, looking southward
View of PALD from above, looking northeastward		View of final sediment pond from above, looking northeastward
View of outlet from site, looking northnorthwestward
View of wetland from above, looking downward (northward)		View of wetland from above, looking downward (northward)
View of outlet from uppermost cell of wetland		View of one of the middle cells of wetland
View of one of the middle cells of wetland		View of the area of the former North Pond, looking southward
View northward across central refuse area, looking toward area of former North Pond		View north-northeastward across central refuse area; Monitoring Site 7 is near the pile of turkey manure in the center; the upper sediment pond appears in center-right
View of the area of the former South Pond, looking northwestward		First year's nurse crop on capped and revegetated portion of central refuse area

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