Case Study
Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
Schafer & Associates of Bozeman, Montana are using Campbell Scientific instrumentation to monitor the performance of Acid
Rock Drainage (ARD) caps. ARD occurs when water and oxygen react with waste rock from hard rock metal mining. One solution
for preventing ARD is to cap waste rock with soil and vegetation. To characterize water content and temperature changes,
sensors are installed along a vertical profile within the cap and underlying waste rock. A surface weather station is normally
installed to monitor conditions, which can impact the cap performance.
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