ACIDIC WATER POLLUTION CLEANUP AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MINERALS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DESIGN AND INSTALL A MODULAR, PILOT-SCALE TEST UNIT TO PROCESS 10,000 GALLONS PER DAY (GAL/DAY) OR 7 GALLONS PER MINUTE (GPM) OF RAW ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) TO RECOVER RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE), IRON (FE), AND CRITICAL MINERALS (CMS) SUCH AS ALUMINUM (AL), COBALT (CO), AND MANGANESE (MN).

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