Veolia to Operate Water Treatment Plant at UK Mine

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is to operate and maintain a water treatment plant at the Wheal Jane mine in Cornwall, UK.

The mine, which closed in 1991, has released over ten million gallons of polluted water into Restronguet Creek, Carnon River and Falmouth Bay due to a faulty plug in the underground Nangiles Adit.

The Environment Agency was in charge of finding a long-term solution for treating the water; the new treatment plant will now meet the stringent discharge limits.