Development of Emergency Response Technologies and Eco-Rehabilitation Framework for Brine Spills

Brine water produced in the mineral extraction process can cause heavy damage to soil and biota when the brine water is spilled during storage and transportation. The damage from spilled brine water can spread rapidly and last for decades, affecting groundwater, ecological security, and human health. In addition, the value of the damaged land will be impacted by this chain reaction and can inflict a huge economic loss to a mining enterprise in land transaction. This project is an opportunity to develop and apply suitable and cost-effective on-site emergency response technologies using an eco-rehabilitation framework for successfully resolving brine spill problems.

Faculty Supervisor:

Gordon Huang

Student:

Mengna Li

Partner:

MOSAIC

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Regina