Bob Kleinmann, Ph.D.

Selected Publications

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and D. A. Crerar.  Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and the Formation of Acidity in Simulated Coal Environments.  Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 1, no. 4, 1979, pp. 373-387

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  The Biogeochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage and a Method to Control Acid Formation.  Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1979

Kleinmann, R. L. P., D. A. Crerar and R. R. Pacelli.  The Biogeochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage and a Method to Control Acid Mine Drainage.  Mining Engineering, v. 33, 1980, pp. 300-306

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Bactericidal Control of Acid Problems in Surface Mines and Coal Refuse.  Proceedings, 1980 Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1980, pp. 333-337

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Field Evaluation of a Bactericidal Treatment to Control Acid Drainage.  Proceedings, 1981 Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1981, pp. 325 333

Erickson, P. M., R. L. P. Kleinmann, E. T. Posluszny and P. J. Leonard Mayer.  Hydrochemistry of a Large Mine Pool. Proceedings, First International Mine Water Congress, Budapest, 1982

Kleinmann, R. L. P., and P. M. Erickson.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage Using Anionic Surfactants.  Proceedings, First International Mine Water Congress, Budapest, 1982
 
Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Full scale Field Trials of Bactericidal Treatment to Control Acid Mine Drainage.  Proceedings, 1982 Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1982, pp. 617-622

Erickson, P. M., R. L. P. Kleinmann, and P. S. A. Campion.  Reducing Oxidation of Pyrite through Selective Reclamation Practices.  Proceedings, 1982 Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1982, pp. 97-102

Kim, A. G., B. S. Heisey, R. L. P. Kleinmann and M. Deul.  Acid Mine Drainage:  Control and Abatement Research, BuMines IC 8905, 1982, 22 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Full scale Field Trials of Bactericidal Treatment to Control Acid Mine Drainage, (Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, New Orleans, Oct. 18 21, l982).  Boulder, Co., v. 14, No. 7, 1982, pp. 531-532

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Reclamation and the Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  Chapter 18 in Proceedings, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Symposium, Ohio State University, St. Clairsville, OH, l982

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage Using Surfactants, Technology News No. 167, 1983

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Control of Acid Drainage from Coal Refuse Using Anionic Surfactants.  BuMines RI 8847, 1983, 16 pp

Ladwig, P. J., P. M. Erickson, R. L. P. Kleinmann and E. T. Posluszny.  Stratification of Water Quality in Inundated Anthracite Mines.  BuMines RI 8837, 1984, 35 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. P., T. O. Tiernan, J. G. Solch, and R. L. Harris. A Low cost, Low maintenance Treatment System for Acid Mine Drainage Using Sphagnum Moss and Limestone.  Proceedings, l983 Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, edited by D. H. Graves, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, l983, pp. 241-246

Ackman, T. E. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  In Line Aeration and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines RI 8868, 1984, 9 pp.

Ackman, T. E., G. R. Watzlaf, T. J. Fox and R. L. P. Kleinmann. Scale Inhibiting and Slow Release Polymers for Mine Water Treatment.  BuMines RI 8899, 1984, 14 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Prevention of Acid Drainage from Stored Coal.  Journal of Energy Engineering, v. 110, No. 2, 1984, pp. 176-178

Onysko, S. J., R. L. P. Kleinmann and P. M. Erickson.  Inhibition of Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans with Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Benzoic Acid and Sorbic Acid.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 28, No. 1, 1984, pp. 229-231

Onysko, S. J., P. M. Erickson, R.L. P.Kleinmann and M. Hood.  Control of Acid Drainage from Fresh Coal Refuse: Food Preservatives as Economical Alternatives to Detergents. Proceedings, l984 Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, edited by D. H. Graves, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1984, pp. 35-42
 
Erickson, P. M., R. L. P. Kleinmann, W. R. Homeister, and   R. C. Briggs.  Reclamation and the Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  Proceedings, Symposium on the Reclamation, Treatment and Utilization of Coal Mining Wastes. National Coal Board, United Kingdom, 1984, pp. 30.1-30.18

Kleinmann, R. L. P. (editor) Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines I.C. 9027, 61 pp., 1985

Ackman, T. E. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  In Line Aeration and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage:  Performance and Preliminary Design Criteria.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines IC 9027, 1985, pp. 53-61

Technology News (1985) In-line aeration and treatment of acid mine drainage. Tech News no. 215, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Erickson, P. M., R. W. Hammack and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Prediction of Acid Drainage Potential in Advance of Mining.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines IC 9027, 1985, pp. 3-11

Erickson, P. M., R. L. P. Kleinmann and S. J. Onysko.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage by Application of Bactericidal Materials.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines IC 9027, 1985, pp. 25-34

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Treatment of Acid Mine Water by Wetlands.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines IC 9027, 1985, pp. 48 52

Ladwig, K. J., P. M. Erickson and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Alkaline Injection:  an Overview of Recent Work.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage.  BuMines IC 9027, 1985, pp. 35 40

Erickson, P. M., J. Ladwig and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Acid Mine Drainage from Inactive Eastern Coal Operations.  Environmental Geochemistry and Health, v. 7, 1985, pp. 16-24.

Kleinmann, R. L. P., G. R. Watzlaf and T. E. Ackman.  Treatment of Mine Water to Remove Manganese.  Proceedings, 1985 Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, Dec. 9-13, 1985,  University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1985, pp.211-217

Ackman TE, Erickson PM (1986) In-line aeration and neutralization (ILS): summary of eight field tests. Proc, AIME/SME/TMS 115th Annual Meeting

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson.  Control of Acid Mine Drainage:  An Overview of Recent Developments, in: Innovative Approaches to Mined Land Reclamation, edited by C. L. Carlson and J. H. Swisher, Southern IL, Univ. Press, Carbondale, IL, 1986, pp. 283-306

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and M. A. Girts.  Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Mine Water--Successes and Failures.  Proceedings, 8th Annual National Abandoned Mine Lands Conference, published by Montana Dept. of State Lands, 1987, pp. 67-73

Girts, M. A. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Constructed Wetlands for   Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage:  A Preliminary Review.  Proceedings, l986 National Symposium on Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology, and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1986, pp. 165-171

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and G. R. Watzlaf.  Should the Discharge Standards for Manganese Be Reexamined?  Proceedings, l986 National Symposium on Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology, and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1986, pp. 173-180
 
Kleinmann, R. L. P. and M. A. Girts.  Acid Mine Water Treatment in Wetlands:  An Overview of an Emergent Technology.  Aquatic Plants for Water Treatment and Resource Recovery, edited by K. R. Reddy and W.H. Smith, Magnolia Publishing Co., Orlando, FL, 1987, pp. 255-261

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  A Biological Alternative to Conventional AMD Treatment.  Greenlands, v. 17, No. 1, 1987, pp. 30-33 

Kleinmann, R. L. P., W. Fink and S. Kunkle.  Use of an Artificial Wetland for Mitigating Acid Mine Drainage Impacts.  Restoration and Management Notes, 1987

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson (editors).  Proceedings, Mine Drainage and Surface Mine Reclamation, Vol. I.  Mine Water and Mine Waste, BuMines I. C. 9183, 413 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and P. M. Erickson (editors).  Proceedings, Mine Drainage and Surface Mine Reclamation, Vol. II.  Mine Reclamation, Abandoned Mine Lands and Policy Issues.  BuMines IC 9184, Pittsburgh, Pa, April, 1988, 401 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and G. R. Watzlaf.  Should the Effluent Limits for Manganese be Modified?  Mine Drainage and Surface Mine Reclamation, v. II, BuMines IC 9184, 1988, pp. 305-310

Kleinmann, R. L. P, J. R. Jones and P. M. Erickson.  An Assessment of the Coal Mine Drainage Problem.  Chapter 1, Proceedings, 10th Annual AML Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 10-14, 1988

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and R. S. Hedin.  Biological Treatment of Mine Water:  An Update.  Tailings and Effluent Management, edited by M. E. Chalkley, B. R. Conrad, V. I. Lakshamanan and K. G. Wheeland, Pergamon Press, NY, 1989, pp. 173-179

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Acid Mine Drainage: U.S. Bureau of Mines researches and develops control methods for both coal and metal mines.  Engineering and Mining Journal, v. 190, No. 7, 1989, 5 pp

Kleinmann, R.L.P. Biological Treatment of Mine and Mineral Processing Wastewater.  Biohydrometallurgy, edited by J. Salley, R. G. L. McCready and P. L. Wichlacz, CANMET SP 89-10, 1989, pp. 593-598

Kleinmann, R. L. P.   Acid Mine Drainage in the United States, Proceedings, First Midwestern Region Reclamation Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1990, pp. 1-8

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  An Introduction to Bacterial Oxidation of Acid-Forming Materials.  Proceedings, Planning, Rehabilitation and Treatment of Disturbed Lands Symposium, Bozeman, MT, August, 1987, pp. 34-46

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Biological Treatment of Acid Mine Water Using Constructed Wetlands.  Proceedings, 7th U.S.-Korea Joint Workshop on Coal Utilization Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 26-29, 1990, pp. 251-258

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Acid Mine Water Treatment Using Engineered Wetlands.  Proceedings, International Symposium on Acid Mine Water in Pyritic Environments.  Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 16-19, 1990, pp. 269-276

Kleinmann, R. L. P. At Source Control of Acid Mine Drainage. Proceedings, International Symposium on Acid Mine Water in Pyritic Environments.  Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 16-19, 1990, pp. 85 96
 
Kleinmann, R. L. P., H. M. Edenborn and R. S. Hedin.  Biological Treatment of Mine Water – An Overview.  Proceedings, Second International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 16-18, 1991, v. 4, pp. 27-42

Ackman, T. E. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  An In-Line System for Treatment of Mine Water.  International Mine Waste Management, v. 2, No. 3, Oct. 1991, pp. 1-3

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Acid Mine Drainage:  An Overview. Proceedings, Energy in the 90's, edited by B. F. Hobbs, American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, March 10-13, 1991, pp. 281-286

Perry, A. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  The Use of Constructed Wetlands in the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage.  Natural Resources Forum, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 178-184, 1991

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and T. E. Ackman.  Treatment Options for Acid Mine Drainage.  Proceedings, 23rd Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, edited by G. R. Tinney,  A. Bacho and M. Karmis, Blacksburg, VA, August 24-26, 1992, pp. 75-85

Kleinmann, R. L. P., R. S. Hedin and H. M. Edenborn.  Biological Treatment of Mine Water:  An Overview.  Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage, Vol. 4, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 16-18, 1991, pp. 27-42    

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Bacterial Oxidation of Acid-Forming Materials in:  Acid Forming Materials, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1992, pp. 34-46

Perry, A. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage in the United States, Proceedings, XV World Mining Congress, 1992, v. 2, pp 1093-1100

Kleinmann, R.L.P. and V. Rastogi. Reducing Acid Mine Drainage Liabilities Using Bactericides & Other Control Technologies, Workshop Proceedings, 13th annual Mtg of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Duluth, MN, USA, 80 pp.

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and R. S. Hedin.  Treat Mine Water Using Passive Methods.  Pollution Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 13, pp. 20-22, 1993

Perry, A. O. and R. L. P. Kleinmann.  Terres humides artificielles etablies pous le traitement des eaux acides de drainage des mines aux Etats-Unis.  Mines & Carrieres, Vol. 76, No. 1-2, 1994, pp. 93-98

Kleinmann, R. L. P. and G. R. Watzlaf (editors). Proceedings, International Land Reclamation and Mine Drainage Conference and 3rd International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage.  4 Volumes, BuMines Special Publication 6A, 6B, 6C & 6D, Pittsburgh, PA, April 24-29, 1994

Hedin, R.S., R.W. Nairn, and R.L.P. Kleinmann. Passive Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage, BuMines IC 9389, 1994, 44 pp.

Kleinmann, R. L. P., R. A. Allwes, P. W. Jeran, P. M. Jones, R. J. Matetic and R. Statnick.  Environmental Issues of the Appalachian Coal Region.  Mining Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1120-1123

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Surface Water Quality, Chapter 6.3.2.2 in: Mining Environmental Handbook, edited by J. Marcus, Imperial College Press, London, England, 1997, pp. 237–244

Kleinmann, R. L. P. Approaches for the Restoration of Strongly Acidic Lakes, Geogenic Acidification in Mining Lakes, edited by W. Geller, Umweltforschungszentram Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany, Springer, Berlin, 1998, pp 423-424

Kleinmann, R.L.P. Bactericidal Control of Acidic Drainage, Chapter 15 in: Coal Mine Drainage Prediction and Pollution Prevention in Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, edited by: K. B. C. Brady, M.W. Smith, and J. Schuek, Harrisburg, PA, pp 15.1-15.6.

Kleinmann, R. L. P., R. S. Hedin and R. W. Nairn.  Treatment of Mine Drainage by Anoxic Limestone Drains and Constructed Wetlands, Chapter 16 in:  Geogenic Acidification in Mining Lakes, edited by W. Geller, Umweltforschungszentram Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany, Springer, Berlin, 1998, pp 303-320

Kleinmann, R. L. P.  Constructing Wetlands for Passive Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage, Chapter 33 in:  Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems, edited by S. K. Majumdar, E. W. Miller and F. J. Brenner, PA Academy of Science, Easton, PA, 1998, pp 497-509

Kleinmann, R. L. P. (editor) Prediction of Water Quality at Surface Coal Mines. The National Mine Land Reclamation Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2000, 241 pp.

Kleinmann, R.L.P., R. Hornberger, B. Leavitt, and D.M. Hyman. Introduction and Recommendations. Chapter 1 In: Kleinmann, R. L. P. (ed), Prediction of Water Quality at Surface Coal Mines. The National Mine Land Reclamation Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2000, pp. 1-7.

Watzlaf, G.R., K.T. Schroeder, R.L.P. Kleinmann, C.L. Karies, and R.W. Nairn, The Passive Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage, U.S. Department of Energy/NETL-2004/1202; 2004 

Kleinmann, R.L.P. Drenaje Ácido de minas en USA y enfoque del problema, Acidificatión de Suelos y Aquas: Problemas y Soluciones, D. Barettion, J. Loredo, and F. Pendás (editors), Publicaciones del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 2005, pp 49-58

Kleinmann, R.L.P., T.E. Ackman. Progressos en la caracterización del; emplazamiento, Acidificatión de Suelos y Aquas: Problemas y Soluciones, D. Barettion, J. Loredo, and F. Pendás (editors), Publicaciones del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 2005, pp. 59-74

Kleinmann, R.L.P., G.R. Watzlaf. Tratamientos pasivos y semi-pasivos de drenaje de mina en USA, Acidificatión de Suelos y Aquas: Problemas y Soluciones, D. Barettion, J. Loredo, and F. Pendás (editors), Publicaciones del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 2005, pp. 75-99
  
Wolkersdorfer, C. Water Management at Abandoned Flooded Underground Mines, R.L.P. Kleinmann (editor), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008, 465 pp

Kleinmann, R. L. The GARD Guide (the coal mine drainage portions of Chapters 2, 5, 6, and 7), published on-line, 2009, http://www.gardguide.com

Romanov V.N., T.E. Ackman, Y. Soong, R.L., Kleinmann, CO₂ storage in shallow underground and surface coal mines: challenges and opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology. 2009, 43(3):561-564, 

Kleinmann, R. L. and T. Chatwin. The GARD guide and its general applicability to mine water issues, Proceedings, American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Bismarck, North Dakota, 2011, pp. 317-325

Geller, W., M. Schultze, R.L. Kleinmann, and C. Wolkersdorfer (Eds.) Acidic Pit Lakes -- The Legacy of Coal and Metal Surface Mines, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2013, 525 pp.

Kleinmann, R.L., J.G. Gusek. Creating Anaerobic Environments to Control Acid Generation in Pyritic Material, Global Business Reports -- British Columbia Mining & Vancouver: The World's Mining Barometer, Vancouver, BC, 2014, pp. 84-85.

Bowell R., K.S. Smith, G.S. Plumlee, P.L. Hageman, and R. Kleinmann. Metal Recovery from Mine Waters: Feasibility and Options—An Example Assessment from the Colorado Mineral Belt, USA. In: Drebenstedt, C., M. Paul (Eds.), Proceedings, Mining Meets Water – Conflicts and Solutions, 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Mine Water Association, pp 1258-1261

Skousen J., C.E. Zipper, A. Rose, P. F. Ziemkiewicz, R. Nairn, L.M. McDonald, and R.L. Kleinmann. Review of Passive Systems for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment. Mine Water and the Environment (in press)