Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Studies

• Ziemkiewicz, P., He, T. September 2016.
  Bias in determining aluminum concentrations: Comparison of digestion methods and
  implications on Al management
  Chemosphere, Volume 159, 570 p.

Acid Drainage Technology Initiative

• Kleinmann, R., Editor. 2000.
  Prediction of Water Quality at Surface Coal Mines.
  National Mine Land Reclamation Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. 241 p.
• Skousen, J., A. Rose, G. Geidel, J. Foreman, R. Evans, W. Hellier, et al. 1998.
  Handbook of Technologies for Avoidance and Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage
  West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. 131 p.

Combustion Byproducts Recycling Consortium

• Joby Adams, et. al.
  “Varra Coal Ash Burial Project”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-W02. CGRS,Inc.
• Tera D. Berland, et. al.
  “Development of a Database of CCB Publications”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 01-CBRC-W1. University of North Dakota.
• Gary Brendel, et. al.
  “Effects of Ammonia Adsorption on Fly ash due to Installation of SCR Technology”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E06. GAI Consultants, Inc.
• David Broschart, et. al.
  “Proposal for Hydrogeologic Evaluation of Strata Above the North Lobe of the Omega Mine”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E17. WVDEP.
• James R. Butz, et. al.
  “Pilot Testing of Fly Ash-Derived Sorbents for Mercury Control in Coal-Fired Flue Gas”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-W04. ADA Technologies, Inc.
• Geoffrey A. Canty, et. al.
  “The Use of Coal Combustion By-Products for In Situ Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-W04. CC Environmental.
• James R. Carlson, et. al.
  “Evaluation of Fly Ash Admixtures for Final Cover and Composite Liner Applications.”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-W10. Sunflower Electric Power Corp.
• Mei-In Melissa Chou
  “Manufacturing Fired Bricks with Class F Fly Ash from Illinois Basin coals”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 02-CBRC-M12. Illinois State Geological Survey.
• Yoginder P. Chugh, Jinrong Ma
  “Development and Demonstration of Coal combustion Byproducts – Filled Composite Materials for Utility Pole Fabrication”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-M07. Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering, Southern Illinois University.
• L.K. Crouch, et. al.
  “Long Term Excavatability of Flowable Fill Containing Coal Combustion Byproducts”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-M05. Tennessee Technological University.
• K.C. Das, et. al.
  “Odor and HAP Control in Waste Treatment Processes Using Coal Combustion Ash”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E13. University of Georgia.
• Warren A. Dick, et. al.
  “Flue Gas Desulfurization Byproducts Provide Sulfur and Trace Mineral Nutrition for Alfalfa and Soybean”
  Final Report, tables, and graph for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E08. Ohio State University.
• Bruce A. Dockter, et. al.
  Engineering and Environmental Specifications of State Agencies for Utilization and Disposal of Coal Combustion Products
  Volume 1 – DOT Specifications
  Volume 2 – Environmental Regulations
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 02-CBRC-W12. University of North Dakota.
• Tuncer Edil, et. al.
  “Soil Stabilization and Drying by Use of Fly Ash”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-M05. University of Wisconsin.
• Phillip E. Glogowski, et. al.
  “Environmental Effects of Large-Volume FGD Fill”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-E41. GAI Consultants, Inc.
• Ralph Haefner, et. al.
  “Water Quality Monitoring at an Abandoned Mine Site”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E15. USGS.
• David J. Hassett and Loreal V. Heebink
  “Qualifying CCBs for Agricultrual Land Application”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 01-CBRC-M23. Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota.
• Rich Herd, et. al
  ” Observations on the Mine Water Leaching Procedure and the Effects of Placing CCBs in Contact with Mine Spoil”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 02-CBRC-E6. West Virginia Water Research Institute.
• John Hunt, et. al.
  “Fiber-Fly-Ash Based Wall-Panel Development”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-W02. AeRock LLC.
• Robert B. LaCount and Douglas G. Kern
  “Economical Treatment of High Carbon Fly Ash to Produce a Low Foam Index Product with Carbon Content Retained”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E04. Waynesburg College.
• Edward Levy, et. al.
  “Ammonia Removal from Fly Ash in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E16. Lehigh University.
• M. Mercedes Maroto-Valor, et. al.
  “Development of Fly Ash Derived Sorbents to Capture CO2 from Flue Gas of Power Plants”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 01-CBRC-E09. Pennsylvania State University.
• Louis McDonald and Jennifer Simmons
  “Effects of Large-Scale CCB Applications on Groundwater: Case Studies”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-E37. West Virginia University.
• Sandra Meischen
  “The Effect of Mercury Controls on Wallboard Manufacture”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 01-CBRC-M12. Tennessee Valley Authority.
• Anil Misra
  “Crushed Aggregates from Class C Fly Ash”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-M04. University of Missouri.
• Ishwar P. Murarka
  “Use of Coal Combustion Products in Mine-filling Applications: A Review of Available Literature and Case Studies”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-W05. Ish Inc.
• Tarun R. Naik and Rudolph N. Kraus
  “Development and Demonstration of High-Carbon CCPs and FGD Byproducts in Permeable Roadway Base Construction”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-M06. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
• Michael K. O’Neill, et al
  “Power Plant Combustion Byproducts For Improved Crop Productivity of Agricultural Soils”
  Final Report of CBRC Project No. 02-CBRC-W09. New Mexico State University.
• Bradley Paul, et al.
  “Boron Transport from Coal Combustion Product Utilization and Disposal Sites”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-M04. Southern Illinois University.
• Bradley Paul, et al.
  “Arsenic and Selenium Transport from Coal Combustion Products Utilization and Disposal Sites”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 01-CBRC-M21. Southern Illinois University.
• Paul Petzrick, et al.
  “Siege of Acre”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-E15. Maryland DNR.
• Robert M. Purgert, et al.
  “Commercialization Demonstration for Production Foundry Molds Made from CCBs for High Volume Automotive Applications”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 02-CBRC-E10. Energy Industries of Ohio – Casting Development Center.
• Kelly A. Rusch, et. al.
  “Development of CCB Fill Materials for Use as Mechanically Stabilized Marine Structures”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-M11. Louisiana State University.
• Barry E. Scheetz
  “Laboratory and field demonstration of the control of ettringite swelling”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-E24. Pennsylvania State University
• Jerzy Sobczak, et. al.
  “The Use of Fly Ash as an Aggregate for Foundry Sand Mold and Core Production”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 00-CBRC-E42. Energy Industries of Ohio.
• Peter Stofella, et. al.
  “Utilization of Fly ash and Urban Yard Waste as Soil Amendments to Improve Soil Fertility”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E11. University of Florida.
• William E. Wolfe, et. al.
  “Re-Use of Clean Coal Technology By-Products in the Construction of Low Permeability Liners”
  Final Report for CBRC Project No. 99-EC-E24. The Ohio State University.

Energy Production

• Ziemkiewicz, P., Quaranta, J., McCawley, M. (2014).
  Practical measures for reducing the risk of environmental contamination in shale energy production

Geo-Engineering Center

• Quaranta, J., J. Fulton, S. Bell, L. Macdonald. 2008.
  Environmental Forensics for Characterization of Unexploded Ordinance at the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area
  West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. 67 p.

Sustainable Energy

• Paul Ziemkiewicz, et. al. (2012).
  Sustainable Energy Parks on Mine-Scarred Lands in Appalachia
  Final Report for BF-09 Project. Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Watershed Restoration

• Paul Ziemkiewicz, et. al. (2012).
  Hopkinson_Paper_EnvConsiderationsSymposium-Final
  Investigating regional design parameters in the design of West Virginia valley fills to support application of geomorphic landform design principles.

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Presentations

State Legislature Presentation (Elk River) 1.17.14
Presented by WVWRI director, Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz on January 17, 2014 regarding the Elk River chemical spill.
The presentation was given before the WV State Legislature’s Joint Commission on Water Resources.