Bioremediation for Acid Mine Drainage: Organic Solid Waste as Carbon Sources For Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: A Review

I. N. Jamil; William P. Clarke

doi:10.15282/jmes.5.2013.3.0054

Authors

I. N. Jamil Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Australia
William P. Clarke School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.5.2013.3.0054

Keywords:

Acid mine drainage; biological treatment; bioremediation; sulfate-reducing bacteria: carbon source.

Abstract

Biological sulfate reduction has been slowly replacing chemical unit processes to treat acid mine drainage (AMD). Bioremediations for AMD treatment are favored due to their low capital and maintenance cost. This paper describes the available AMD treatment, current SRB commercialization such as THIOPAQ® and BioSulphide® technologies, and also the factors and limitations faced. THIOPAQ® and BioSulphide® technologies use expensive carbon sources such as hydrogen as the electron donor. This paper discusses the possibility of organic solid waste as an alternative substrate as it is cheaper and abundant. A possible AMD treatment system setup was also proposed to test the efficiency of sulfate-reducing bacteria utilizing organic solid substrate.

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