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The Potential Fate of Particulate Contaminants from the Rehabilitated Ranger Uranium Mine

by S. J. Riley,
P. W. Waggitt,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Resources Planning and Management: Saving a Threatened Resource?In Search of Solutions

Abstract:

In the initial period after rehabilitation of the Ranger Uranium Mine most particulate matter released into Magela Creek will be wash load. 10% of the annual deposits on the backwater plain of the Magela Creek immediately downstream of Mudginberri Billabong will be fine-grained erosion products if the wash load exceeds 500tyr^-1 (an average denudation rate of 0.3 mmyr^-1). In the long term bed material load will be released into Magela Creek. The environmental impact of the deposits needs to be assessed.

Subject Headings: Uranium | Rivers and streams | Particle pollution | Rehabilitation | Water pollution | Sediment transport | Pollutants

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