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TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT

Dulat Tlesh 1 , Bostandyk Khalkhabay 2 , Amirkhan Khoishiyev 1 , Madiyar Baiarystanov 1

1 Kazakh National Research Technical University named after K. I. Satpayev NPJSC; 2 Kazakh National Research Technical University named after Satpayeva

doi.org/10.37884/2-2025/40 pp. 401-409 Admitted 01.04.2025 Published 30.06.2025

Abstract

The water discharged from the mine is contaminated to varying degrees with floating substances, dissolved minerals, and bacterial impurities, so it cannot be fully used in the national economy and diverted to water bodies without prior treatment.

The most common form of mine water pollution is floats. They are present in a certain amount in all mine waters that are discharged to the surface from the working environment of the mine. As a result, the removal of suspended solids is the main form of purification of neutral and alkaline mine waters and the first stage of purification of fresh mine waters.

In this paper, the most effective and economical methods and structures were selected based on practical research and generalization of accumulated experience at industry enterprises for mine water treatment. Technological schemes for mine water treatment have been proposed for widespread use in mines under construction and reconstruction. Several options for mine water treatment in the form of an existing pond were demonstrated.

The article presents technologies and methods of effective purification of mine waters from float substances.  Treatment facilities according to the technological scheme are designed for disinfection of suspended solids and neutral mine water with a pH value from 6.5 to 8.5. The total concentration of suspended solids in the source mine water is not limited, the hydraulic fineness should not be less than 0.05 mm/s and should not exceed 50 mg/ l. Purification technologies are also being implemented to prevent contamination of water bodies as a result of the discharge of excess mine water.

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01 Introduction

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[1]2025. TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT. Izdenister natigeler. 2 (106) (Jun. 2025), 401–409. DOI:https://doi.org/10.37884/2-2025/40.
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[1]“TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT”, Izdenister natigeler, no. 2 (106), pp. 401–409, Jun. 2025, doi: 10.37884/2-2025/40.
“TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT”. Izdenister Natigeler, no. 2 (106), June 2025, pp. 401-9, https://doi.org/10.37884/2-2025/40.
“TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT”. Izdenister natigeler, no. 2 (106) (June 30, 2025): 401–409. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://agrosoil.kaznaru.edu.kz/index.php/research/article/view/880.
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1.TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT. Izdenister natigeler. 2025;(2 (106):401-409. doi:10.37884/2-2025/40