Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
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Remediation of Acid Mining Lakes Services
Acid mining lakes are not a suitable habitat for higher organisms because substances such as calcium needed by fish for their development are absent. In the past, neutralising entire acid lakes so that they can be populated by fish and used for leisure activities was only possible with inordinate amounts of resources. Since 1998, the UFZ has been testing alternative methods at Mining Lake 111, not far from the town of Lauchhammer in the state of Brandenburg.