This page is a resource for information about acid mine drainage and acid mine drainage abatement. Currently available is "AMDTreat," the AMD abatement cost-estimating tool that was developed cooperatively by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM). In addition, you will find downloads of documents addressing the financial considerations associated with long-term treatment of AMD, and Internet links to other sites with information about AMD and AMD abatement.

AMDTreat, the acid mine drainage pollution abatement cost estimating software, is available free from the AMDTreat Download page. (Pronounced: am'-D-treat or A-M-D-treat.)

The phrase, Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) is used, in this context, to refer to any pollutional discharge emanating from a coal mine operation. Many of these discharges are, in fact, alkaline; but have high levels of iron or manganese pollutants.