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Gambinonini Mercury Mine
Using OBS-3s, OBS-5s, rain gauges, and other hydrological instrumentation,
state and federal water-quality officials have monitored mercury-contaminated
sediment in runoff from the abandoned Gambinonini Mercury Mine located
at Santa Maria, California. The mine was closed in 1969 and the
terrain was rehabilitated in 1998. The project was completed to
evaluate the efficacy of capping mine waste strategies in reducing
the discharge of mercury from the site to nearby Tomalos Bay.
Assessing Water Quality Impacts & Cleanup Effectiveness
in Streams Dominated by Episodic Mercury Discharges. 2000.
Dyan Whyte & James Kirchner. The Science of the Total Environment
Vol. 260, pp. 1-9.
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OBS-5 Installation
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Parsal Flume
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