Mining Project, Water Quality and Letpadaung in Burma - Maung Kyay Yay (California)

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    Minerals ( ) (Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Lead & Zinc andPrecious Stone) (Oremineral; Soil, Rocks & Rocks fragments)

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    (Geological, Geo-chemical,Hydro-Geological, Chemical Investigation)

    Mineral ()() (Largeamounts of waste; called tailings) (Based Soil)(Impervious

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    soil layer) (toxic /Poison) (Chemical waste water)

    (

    ()(Mar Copper Mine)() (Large amounts of Toxic Waste;Tailings) )

    () (Mining Surface water drainageSystem) (Surface and Sub-surface Water System near mining area)

    () (Containment ponds) () (Groundwater discharge Systemif use)() (Chemical Waste Water Disposal) () (Surface / Subsurface Impervious barriers)

    () (Acid Water) (Drain after Treatment)

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    ) (Acid Mine Drainage)(Sulfite)() (Soil & Rocks

    Fragment)

    ) (Heavy & ToxicMetal Contamination & Leaching)

    (

    ) Heavy & Toxic Metal (Arsenic, Cobol, Copper, Cadmium, Lead, Zinc

    and etc.) pHAcid Mine Drainage

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    ) (processing Chemicals pollution towater)

    () (Cyanide ORSulfuric acid) () ( )

    )(Erosion and Sedimentation)

    ()

    [(Once the mine is operation water protection must remain the highest goal of the

    Company, even if it means reduced mineral productivity. Adopting this common-sense ethic is

    the only way can ensure that the golden dreams of mining do not turn into the nightmare of

    poisoned streams ) ( Carlos De Roas & James Lyon, Golden Dreams, Poisoned Streams,Mineral

    Policy Center, Washington DC, 1997]

    () (Changes in the Natural Topography)

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    () (Changes in the hydro-geologicalconditions with consequences for both groundwater and surface water and finally changes in

    the geotechnical conditions of the rock)

    () (Rise tovarious impacts on the geo-environment) (Aswathanaryana 2003)

    () () ()

    ()

    ( ) .

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    () ()

    ()

    [() () () ]

    (Australia, Canada, United State)

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    () ()

    (WHO) ()(potable water)

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    () ()()

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    www.safewater.org (SDWF);

    www.ivanhoe-mines.com/i/pdf/letpadaung-info.pdf;

    www.mizzima.com

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    (www.yoma3.org/?p=2927 );

    (www.miningwatch.ca/updir/amd.pdf);

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