Sentence examples for acid runoff from inspiring English sources

It has been developed for application to catchments having acid headwaters which are diluted downstream by less acid runoff, usually from improved agricultural land.

Watersheds with soil rich in calcium carbonate will provide buffering to lakes, which otherwise with low buffering capacity would be susceptible to acid deposition or acid runoff.

Attempts to show massive environmental damage to the water table from acid runoff have nearly all been stymied, despite multiple attempts to force coal operations to pay for the costly cleanup required following the closing of a surface mine.

The acidic runoff will continue for centuries.

Damage to structures constructed on fill consisting of pyritic Marcellus shale has been caused by expansion from sulfuric acid (H2SO4) runoff reacting with the calcite (CaCO3) in the shale to produce gypsum (CaSO4), which has double the molar volume.

The aluminum concentration and Ryznar Index increased and the pH decreased in a small Appalachian water supply reservoir following acid precipitation runoff episodes.

This may be as a result of geological formations, acid drainage, runoffs and effluents discharged (EPA 2001).

Untreated industrial waste has also rendered many aquatic environments toxic for organisms and unusable for humans; here, the pollution consists of released organic solvents, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, elusive byproducts (ammonia, chlorohydrogen, sulfuric acid) and acidic waste runoff from the chemical industry, and metal oxides.

And in Guangdong province in southeastern China, regulators are struggling to repair rice fields and streams destroyed by powerful acids and other runoff from open-pit rare earth mines that are often run by violent organized crime syndicates.

Topics include the fundamental kinds of chemical reactions in the environment, critical analysis of chemical data, sampling techniques, analytical methods, natural biogeochemical controls on environmental chemistry, water treatment, and green infrastructure, as well as detailed examination of such contaminants as acid precipitation, nutrients, urban runoff, and sewage.

The EPA has also linked nutrient runoff to acid rain and air pollution.