discharge limits (Table 4). The treated Landusky heap leach water from the 

 bioreactor is discharged to a land application area on Goslin Flats below the town of 

 Zortman, where it is sprinkler-irrigated. Prior to reclamation, approximately 80 

 million gallons of precipitation was collected in the Landusky leach pads and required 

 treatment each year. DEQ is hopeful that land reclamation efforts will reduce this to 

 15-30 million gallons per year. 



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 Landusky Bioreactor, 2004. BLM Photo. 



The leach pad water from the Zortman mine is also collected and piped to the land 

 application area on Goslin Flats. Prior to reclamation of the leach pads at Zortman, 

 the pads drained approximately 30 million gallons of water per year. DEQ believes 

 that the reclamation and revegetation of the leach pads may eventually reduce this 

 flow to about 5-10 million gallons per year. This may make other disposal options 

 available instead of using the land application area.^* 



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