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oaksmoke on June 11, 2006 - 6:03pm

I've been wondering about the effect on the ground water at reclaimed strip mines. I know the surface can look the same especially if it was farmed before. Anybody ever try to drill a water well on reclaimed land?

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DIYer on June 11, 2006 - 6:18pm

I have gone swimming in stripper pits, back in the bad old days before they filled 'em in. I can tell you this: we were not bothered by mosquitoes. The pH of the water was about 2.0 by my guesstimation. It was green, not from algae but from FeSO4, and nothing grew in it.

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Vintermann on June 13, 2006 - 5:35am

Wasn't it unpleasant swimming in that sour water?

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