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MINEWATER UTILISATION PROPOSALS FOR LOCAL HEATING
SYSTEM AT QUEENS MEDICAL CENTRE, MEDIPARK AND
NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
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In over 20 years of involvement with control and treatment of minewater, the Trust has built up a
fund of knowledge and experience which has equipped it to explore the various possibilities for
harnessing this hot water ‘resource’ for wide ranging benefit. Whilst minewater is a pollutant but
it can be viewed as a hugely valuable resource. The mere control of water from abandoned
coalfields in the UK already requires an expenditure of many £millions annually and this cost is
growing as the Coal Authority install new plants to remediate or protect more and more
locations from pollution. A recent report (Atkins 2011) for the Department of Energy and Climate
Change estimated that the cost of protecting the environment.from mettalliferous mining sites
would be in the region of £300 million. Use as a means of heating will turn a negative issue into
a positive benefit.
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