Current state of remediation of tailings ponds and their surroundings in Hungary

The rehabilitation of tailings ponds in Hungary is an important and urgent task as it can cause serious pollution of the main drinking water resource of the town of Pecs. To protect this aquifer, it is necessary to perform direct ground water remediation by removing the polluted shallow ground water and incorporate other cleaning methods. Ground water remediation must be performed in concert with the remediation of the tailings pond, one of the important aspects of which is the design and optimal technical method for stabilisation of the tailings pond. This task is to be solved as part of the Phare project(s)