A first evaluation of water resource conditions after an environmental reclamation effort at a former degraded coal mining area in Southern Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 193 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Teixeira Cardoso ◽  
Fernando Mainardi Fan
Author(s):  
Maria Josefa Santos ◽  
César Ricardo Teixeira Tarley ◽  
Isabella Cunha ◽  
Iago Zapelini ◽  
Evgeny Galunin ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
VERIDIANA P. CAMPANER ◽  
WANILSON LUIZ-SILVA ◽  
WILSON MACHADO

Acid drainage influence on the water and sediment quality was investigated in a coal mining area (southern Brazil). Mine drainage showed pH between 3.2 and 4.6 and elevated concentrations of sulfate, As and metals, of which, Fe, Mn and Zn exceeded the limits for the emission of effluents stated in the Brazilian legislation. Arsenic also exceeded the limit, but only slightly. Groundwater monitoring wells from active mines and tailings piles showed pH interval and chemical concentrations similar to those of mine drainage. However, the river and ground water samples of municipal public water supplies revealed a pH range from 7.2 to 7.5 and low chemical concentrations, although Cd concentration slightly exceeded the limit adopted by Brazilian legislation for groundwater. In general, surface waters showed large pH range (6 to 10.8), and changes caused by acid drainage in the chemical composition of these waters were not very significant. Locally, acid drainage seemed to have dissolved carbonate rocks present in the local stratigraphic sequence, attenuating the dispersion of metals and As. Stream sediments presented anomalies of these elements, which were strongly dependent on the proximity of tailings piles and abandoned mines. We found that precipitation processes in sediments and the dilution of dissolved phases were responsible for the attenuation of the concentrations of the metals and As in the acid drainage and river water mixing zone. In general, a larger influence of mining activities on the chemical composition of the surface waters and sediments was observed when enrichment factors in relation to regional background levels were used.


2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1537-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah P. Dick ◽  
Heike Knicker ◽  
Leticia G. Ávila ◽  
Alberto V. Inda ◽  
Elvio Giasson ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 2752-2755
Author(s):  
Sai Ming Yang

Freshwater resource in many parts of our country and the world is in shortage. Research on sustainable use of water resource is an advancing front topic.Based on analyzing the status of destroy and pollution of water resource in Nantun coal mining area, Countermeasures of water resource protection and pollution prevention in Nantun coal mining area are put forward.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 1409-1416
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Bigliardi ◽  
Caroline Lopes Feijo Fernandes ◽  
Edlaine Acosta Pinto ◽  
Marina dos Santos ◽  
Edariane Menestrino Garcia ◽  
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