Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editorial Board and Contributors -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- Approaches to MIW Mitigation -- Water Quality Standards -- Measuring MIW Mitigation Performance -- CHAPTER 2: The Physical Environment -- Geology -- Climate -- Geomorphology -- Hydrology -- Historic Mine Workings -- Background Conditions -- Cultural Features -- Soils -- Air -- Flora and Fauna -- Public Participation -- CHAPTER 3: Planning and Design Considerations -- Open Pit Mining -- Underground Mining -- Cyanidation Heap Leach Facilities -- Special Case-In Situ Mining -- Materials Handling -- Waste Rock Disposal -- Tailings Disposal Design -- Co-Disposal of Tailings and Waste Rocks as a Preventive Strategy -- Backfilling Reactive Mine Wastes -- Closure and Reclamation -- CHAPTER 4: Source and Migration Control -- Water Control -- Air Exclusion -- Pyrite and Metal Sulfide Modification -- CHAPTER 5: Treatment of Metal Mining Influenced Water -- Introduction -- Active Treatment Technologies -- Passive Treatment Technologies -- Semi-Passive Treatment Technologies -- Index.