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Acid Mine Drainage in South AfricaThe Global Context of AMD

Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa: The Global Context of AMD [In many regions of the world, there is now a failure to invest adequately in water services. These services include the treating and reusing of water efficiently, ‘mainly because policy-makers and economic planners do not fully appreciate the importance of water’. This is now increasing the issue of water shortages in many parts of the world. This will contribute to a situation within 20 years, when the global demand for water will be far greater than the supply (Creamer 2015, p. 3). The World Water Council (in Creamer 2015, p. 4) states that the world’s population tripled in the twentieth century, while the use of renewable resources has increased six times; in the next 50 years, the world’s population is expected to increase by another 40–50 %, and therefore water resources will be under severe pressure. These concerns will continue to increase due to the growing population and the impacts on water systems. Therefore, water stress is not only unique to South Africa, but it is a global problem, with many countries experiencing the same impacts.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Acid Mine Drainage in South AfricaThe Global Context of AMD

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Author(s) 2017
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978-3-319-44434-5
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9 –17
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10.1007/978-3-319-44435-2_2
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[In many regions of the world, there is now a failure to invest adequately in water services. These services include the treating and reusing of water efficiently, ‘mainly because policy-makers and economic planners do not fully appreciate the importance of water’. This is now increasing the issue of water shortages in many parts of the world. This will contribute to a situation within 20 years, when the global demand for water will be far greater than the supply (Creamer 2015, p. 3). The World Water Council (in Creamer 2015, p. 4) states that the world’s population tripled in the twentieth century, while the use of renewable resources has increased six times; in the next 50 years, the world’s population is expected to increase by another 40–50 %, and therefore water resources will be under severe pressure. These concerns will continue to increase due to the growing population and the impacts on water systems. Therefore, water stress is not only unique to South Africa, but it is a global problem, with many countries experiencing the same impacts.]

Published: Oct 14, 2016

Keywords: Mining Activity; Acid Mine Drainage; Mine Site; Waste Rock; Abandoned Minis

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