Toxic Metal Reduction NEUTRA-MILL WATER TEATMENT SYSTEM – CASE STUDY TOXIC METAL REDUCTION – THE AGRICOLA GOLD MINE pH raised Access to the site is difficult Remote site with no infrastructure Aqueous copper concentrations lowered Treatment precipitates deposited in opencut Achieved discharge standards for release into a waterway within a National Park LOCATION South-eastern Queensland, Australia. 150 kilometres north-west of Brisbane (Latitude: 26° 18', Longitude: 152° 36'). SETTING AND CLIMATE The Agricola Gold Mine is an abandoned site located in steep terrain amongst wet and dry sclerophyll forests and rare temperate rainforest of the Conondale Ranges National Park (left). It is set at an elevation of 610 m above sea level, and runoff from the site drains into the Mary River. CLIENT Th

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