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Seeing the light when it comes to oil sands tailings ponds reclamation

September 26, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Cleaning up oil sands tailings may become a little greener thanks to the work of University of Alberta civil engineering professors. They use solar energy to accelerate tailings pond reclamation efforts by industry. Instead of using UV lamps as a light source to treat oil sands process affected water (OSPW) retained in tailings ponds, professors […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment, Innovation, News Tagged With: civil engineering professors, decontamination, detoxification, Gamal El-Din, James Bolton, oil sands, oil sands industry, oil sands process affected water, OSPW, solar energy, solar UV/chlorine treatment, sun, Tailings, tailings pond reclamation, University of Alberta, UV lamps

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