Acid mine drainage affects agriculture in mpumalanga

Description

Farming preserves land productivity,
environmental quality and maintains desirable level of biological stability.farming is necessary to sustain life.
However the Mpumalanga province is
facing a major problem in agriculture from
acid mine drainage (AMD) that comes as a waste product from coalmines.Acid mine drainage affects the communities and agricultural sector

AMD is a threat to people, plants and
animals since it contains mostly soluble
chemicals that removes soil nutrient, which
is a compilation of toxic waste in liquid
form that gets released as a waste product
mostly from coal mines and other fossil fuel burning industries.
In Mpumalanga province it affects
because theFarming preserves land productivity,
environmental quality and maintain
However the Mpumalanga province is
facing a major problem in agriculture from
acid mine drainage (AMD) that comes as a
AMD is a threat to people, plants and
animals since it contains mostly soluble
chemicals that removes soil nutrient, which

is a compilation of toxic waste in liquid
form that gets released as a waste product
mostly from coal mines and other fossil

agriculture because there is a lot of coal
mining activities in the Highveld part o
Once the coal has been washed with
clean fresh underground water AMD gets
released which turns to acidify the soil to
the point that nothing grows and the rivers

Coal has been mined in Witbank and
Middleburg for decades but “what are the
signs of AMD in our rivers, are they visible?
The signs of AMD are visible immediately
domestic rivers and cover them with a
Abandoned coalmines are a major factor

abandoned the pumping of water ceases,
With its long-term impacts on biodiversity,
AMD is lowering the output of agriculturalre is a lot of coal
mining activities in the Highveld part of t
Once the coal has been washed with
clean fresh underground water AMD gets
released which turns to acidify the soil to
the point that nothing grows and the rivers

Coal has been mined in Witbank and
Middleburg for decades but “what are the
signs of AMD in our rivers, are they visible?
The signs of AMD are visible immediately
domestic rivers and cover them with a

Abandoned coalmines are a major factor in AMD production,when a coal mine is abandoned the pumping of water ceases,water floods the mine and out flows the acid to nearby streams,which in turn affects the growing of crops

With its long-term impacts on biodiversity,
AMD is lowering the output of agricultural products