Comhead Coal Mine: A Case Study

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The river is flowing downwards, we see this due to the elevations on the map-the highest being 140 Elev. WT and the lowest 100 Elev. WT with this information it indicates that is going downward signifying that the river is also going downwards, also it has been contaminated according to the chart given to me, the wells that have been corrupted are D, E, H, I, and M in which all have higher than zero mg/L. Contamination started in Comhead Coal Mine and that’s an issue because it has high elevation over all other parts of the river, meaning that the corrupted water will go downwards because that’s where the water is flowing due to the low elevation. Another source of corruption is in Metal Works, the reason is that H has an elevation of 120

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