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Hydraulic Fill—Sources, Placement and Regulatory Issues

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The Hydraulic Transport and Storage of Extractive Waste

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This section outlines the derivation and sources of hydraulic fill and the subsequent placement of extractive wastes in surface depositories, together with the industrial background and technical context for such projects within Europe.

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    See Appendix B1 for definitions of pulp density and other mass and volume relationships.

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    It is noted that marine disposal continued into the 1990s in parts of Europe, such as at the Bay of Portman in Spain where some 70 million tonnes had been deposited at cessation of operations.

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  1. Cantab Consulting Ltd, Ashford, Kent, UK

    Mike Cambridge

  2. Seltrust Associates, Dornoch, Scotland, UK

    Gavin Ferguson

  3. Independent, formerly Wardell Armstrong, Truro, Cornwall, UK

    Nick Coppin

  4. Independent, formerly Amec Foster Wheeler plc, Woodchurch, Kent, UK

    Ciaran Molloy

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Cambridge, M., Ferguson, G., Coppin, N., Molloy, C. (2018). Hydraulic Fill—Sources, Placement and Regulatory Issues. In: Cambridge, M. (eds) The Hydraulic Transport and Storage of Extractive Waste. Professional Practice in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69248-7_3

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