IMWA is very important to me as a member of the mining and scientific community. No other journal provides the scope and breadth of specific issues with which I deal as an environmental consultant. The quality of mine water is as important as water itself to inhabitants of our planet. It affects and is affected by the ecology, geology, chemistry, and biology of the environment. I look to this publication each quarter for new developments in acid mine drainage prediction and technologies for ameliorating it. This is the one place where I can get a global perspective on fledgling and innovative technologies that are carefully peer reviewed and trustworthy.

Our journal is much important for the mining industry, environmental agencies of the governments, environmental consultants and research institution / universities, specially of those countries where an important base metals or coal mining industries exists or has existed during part of the last two centuries.

“Mine Water in the Environment” is needed to present the latest scientific and engineering information regarding the evaluation and control of mine drainage. I find it essential reference in my position as a hydrogeologist for the USDOI OSM and as a part-time researcher in prevention of problematic mine drainage in a doctorial program at Southern Illinois University.

There is a limited forum for high quality scientific papers in the Journal Format and the journal has a good reputation of presenting first quality research. Here in the US recent congressional activity should stimulate mine drainage abatement. Specifically, the re-authorization of the Abandoned mine lands (AML) funding will allow an increase from 10% to 30% of the recipients grant to water related projects, which heretofore have been relegated to a lower priority (compared to safety- and health-related problems). Second congressional action now appears to be more likely in increasing the reclamation requirements for metal mining in the U.S. Both of these actions should result in additional millions $US to be spent on mine drainage activities.

This journal is unique in addressing all aspects of mine discharge, including tracing of interconnecting aquifers, hydrogeology, microbiology, chemical and biological remediation, and so forth. It is an important resource for those of us working on mining issues, abandoned mines, and waste management of proposed mines. It considers all methods of studying mine discharge, including computer modelling, lab and bench scale models, and field work. I am not aware of any other journal that encompasses such varied facets of dealing with current and possible mining discharge issues. With mining increasing across the US, Canada, and the world, this journal offers scientists and consultants ideas, provides a view of the extent of damages (such as in the Europe focus issue), and what has worked or may work regarding remediation and control techniques.

As an environmental scientist practicing in the mining industry for almost twenty years it has become abundantly obvious that that the appropriate management of water resources both in the short and long terms is the key challenge to almost every mining project either in operation or being considered for development. The judicious use of water in a variety of competitive settings beset with conflicting needs (socio/economic and environmental) is increasing becoming the most contested project issue. The Journal of the IMWA specifically focuses on this key environmental issue and brings together both academic researches and mining industry practitioners.

The importance of the journal for the mine water community relates to its interdisciplinary nature. Projects based on a single discipline are doomed to be poorly successful for solving problems related to the environmental impact of mine waters. Based on this awareness, IMWA and its journal try to put together experts of different disciplines.

In many parts of the world, mine water is the larges source of water pollution; it is often ignored because good scientific information on its occurrence and remediation is limited Mine water pollution is often the largest long-term liability after mine closure. Companies need to better scientific information to plan for closure so that environmental and financial liability is lessened Despite thousands of engineers, consultants, and scientists working in the mining industry and with mine water issues, there is no other peer-reviewed technical forum Mining projects are huge and it is not uncommon to make hydrologic and geochemical observations and manipulations that are beyond the scale of investigations by basic scientists. Making a link between the basic sciences and the mining sciences will benefit both audiences.

Mine Water and the Environment addresses a new field that developed very fast lately, because hardly any mine in the world can neglect water issues. Until the journal was founded, papers covering aspects in the application of geochemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology, restitution, mitigation of environmental hazards, etc. of mines were disseminated in journals ranging from mining engineering to general geology. With Mine Water and the Environment there is now an authoritative source that provides up-to-date scientific information on current thinking and on internationally accepted investigation and mitigation methods.

It provides a specialist Journal which is practically oriented and sources material from a wide range of providers – consultants, regulators, academia etc. It is the only journal which specialises in the full range of water issues affecting the mining community – water supply, mine dewatering, mine environmental, hydrogeochemistry, hydraulic and solute transport modelling, geophysics etc

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As the strongly growing demands for energy and nature source, the mining industries become more and more important and attract more attention from the people around the world. Especially, the issues regarding Mine Water and the Environment and Science.

This is the only journal on water and mines. Probably more important for mining community than for scientific community where the topic seems a small one.

MWE is important for the mining and scientific community, because it is the only journal specifically dedicated to mine water issues. It is the only journal with a focus on mine water management – an issue of international significance. Mine water researchers are a minority readership of all other mainstream environment journals. Papers in MW&E are high scientific and editorial quality and meet the combined needs of applications-based with reasonable theoretical underpinning with appropriate peer review.

The IMWA journal is important to the mining and scientific community as it provides a means to compile and communicate new ideas and techniques to the mining community. Many mines in the world are facing either water shortages, or can be a significant contaminant source on regional water supplies. As water is becoming more of an issue in the world, these are important topics for us to be able to better understand. Also, as mining goes after the more inaccessible deposits (all the easy ones are already mined), the technical challenges are ever increasing, hydrogeological aspects being one of them.

Mining is an applied science. Scientific community usually comes across actual field problems, which are typical to solve. Such problems, related to mine water, is nicely covered and exposed to scientific community by this Journal on a global scale. It really helps in troubleshooting. That is why; I do feel this journal is very important for mining and scientific community.