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Water treatment
When removing the consequences of mining and processing of uranium, polymetallic ores and coal, the state enterprise DIAMO pays special attention to the protection of the environment, especially its most vulnerable component – water. Cleaning and discharging mine water at sites where uranium and other minerals have been mined is an integral part of its activities. Water discharged into local watercourses meets legal limits. This is ensured by the network of mine and wastewater treatment plants operated by the state-owned enterprise DIAMO throughout the Czech Republic.
In addition to the treatment of mine water, there is also direct, consistently monitored discharge of mine water from managed abandoned mine workings and the disposal of overbalance water from tailings ponds after ore processing, leading to the final reclamation of the affected areas and their return to further use in accordance with land-use plans.
One of the most demanding projects carried out by the state enterprise DIAMO is the remediation of the rock environment affected by chemical uranium mining in the Českolipsko region, which consists in the removal of residual technological solutions after uranium mining from the Cenoman aquifer and the protection of the water-important Turon aquifer. The contaminant-free water is discharged into the Ploučnice River or returned to the underground.