DESALINATION OF MINE WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE MINING PRACTICES

Mine waste water management is a concern to mining stakeholders in Kenya and th world at large due to the call of sustainable mining practices and the feasibility of using saline water for domestic and agricultural practices. Innovative tecgnology and processes heeds to this call with the application of natural occuring diatomaceous earth in the desalination of the mine water. This in the post Covid era caters for food security and provides water both to the miners and the surrounding communities hense contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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Author and article information

Journal

Title: ScienceOpen Posters

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 30 August 2022

Affiliations

[1 ] Taita Taveta University, Voi, Kenya

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[* ]Email: 123risecentury@ 123456gmail.com .

Author information

Phillis Mbinda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-7020

Article

DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPSVUOI.v1

SO-VID: 0fe02726-080b-4752-b799-5acb15aa3fb2

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History

Date received : 30 August 2022

Data availability: The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

ScienceOpen disciplines: Earth & Environmental sciences,Agriculture,Chemistry

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals