Illinois Coal Mine Solves Pump Problem, Saves Money

The company The company operates nine coal-mining facilities — including surface and underground mines — in southern Illinois.The challenge Coal generates more than 43 percent of all electric utility and industrial power produced in the United States. In 2010, the country’s 1,400 coal mines produced more than 1 billion short tons of coal. Given that it can take 3,000 gallons of water to extract, process, transport, store and dispose of every ton of coal, safely and efficiently managing the industry’s process and wastewater streams plays an important role in the economics and environmental performance of coal production and use.Water is a constant