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This category covers the practical work of fixing AMD and reclaiming abandoned mine land — from selecting and designing passive treatment systems through long-term O&M, land reclamation approaches, and the policy context for remediation.
This is the most technically detailed category in the Knowledge Base. Use the subcategory hubs to navigate to the right starting point for your work.
What’s in This Category #
| Article | What you’ll learn |
| AMD Treatment | Passive and active treatment system design, selection, and individual technology guides |
| O&M | Operations, maintenance, and replacement of passive treatment systems — the O&M Hub |
| Reclamation and Remediation | Non-treatment approaches: filling and sealing, remining, landowner issues, and other strategies |
| Land Reclamation | Surface mine land reclamation — coal refuse piles, brownfields, reforestation, carbon sequestration |
Where to Start #
- Designing a new treatment system? → AMD Treatment Overview, then Treatment Strategies Overview
- Maintaining an existing system? → O&M Hub — Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement
- Reclaiming a surface mine or refuse pile? → Land Reclamation Overview
- Dealing with subsidence or landowner issues? → Reclamation and Remediation Overview
Related Resources #
- O&M Fact Sheet — Anoxic Limestone Drain (Resource Library)
- O&M Fact Sheet — Aerobic Wetland (Resource Library)
- O&M Fact Sheet — Settling Pond (Resource Library)
- Datashed.org — AMD treatment system database with 300+ PA systems (Resource Library)
- AMDTreat 6.0 — cost estimation software required for PA DEP grant applications (Resource Library)
- EPA Reference Guide to Treatment Technologies for Mining-Influenced Water (Resource Library)
Questions? Ask in the Forums #
Post treatment and O&M questions in the Treatment and Reclamation forum. For troubleshooting help, use Technical Help.
| Source: AML-Connect / EPCAMR | Last Reviewed: March 2026 | Forum: /community/forums/treatment-and-reclamation/ |
