Veolia Water will be working for the UK Coal Authority which has recently taken over the role of client from the Environment Agency.
The company will operate and maintain the water treatment plant at the Wheal Jane Mine located near Truro.
The Wheal Jane mine was closed and the pumps stopped in 1991, allowing the mine to flood.
In 1992, over ten million gallons of polluted water containing iron and other metals was released into Restronguet Creek, Carnon River and Falmouth Bay due to a faulty plug in the underground Nangiles Adit.
The Environment Agency was in charge of finding a long-term solution for treating the water, and as a result, a treatment plant was designed and constructed to meet the discharge limits set by the agency for discharge into the local water course.
