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Background Information
The high fells of the Lake District hold a long legacy of mining, and through the industrial revolution, prospectors, geologists […]
Rivers Polluted by the Threlkeld Lead Mines
Environmental monitoring by the Environment Agency since 2010 shows that the mine water flowing out of the Woodend Low Level […]
Where Are We Proposing To Treat The Mine Water?
We looked at several potential locations to build the scheme within about 2km of the Woodend Low Level. The key […]
What Will We Do?
Where possible, the WAMM Programme prefers to use “passive” technologies which do not require continual supervision by people and have […]
FAQ’s
Do you monitor the site? Yes, the site will be actively monitored by the Coal Authority. This monitoring will check […]