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West Virginia University

AMD Pollution

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Acid mine drainage is a major pollutant for West Virginia's waters. The West Virginia Water Research Institute at WVU is looking at ways to extract rare earth elements from the sludge with the recent aid of $5 million from the US Department of Energy.

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Raymond Thompson Jr./West Virginia University

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