Mining activities, ore concentrations, and transport processes generate large amounts of pollutants, including hazardous elements, which are released into the environment. This work presents results experimental research aimed at evaluating environmental risks soil plant contamination in two magnesite mining processing areas Slovak Republic, assesses phytoremediation potential dominant species....

Heavy metal contamination of minesoils is a widespread problem in China. In Pingle manganese mineland in Guangxi (south China), heavy metal concentrations in soils and dominant plants were determined, and soil contamination was assessed with pollution index (Pi) and index of geoaccumulation (I-geo). Pi showed the minesoil was heavily polluted by Cd and slightly polluted by Cr. I-geo showed a se...

The geochemical characteristics of sediments deposited within a channel-type reservoir situated behind the weir of a water mill on the River Liswarta (southern Poland) were studied in relation to land use in the catchment. The catchment in question is an agricultural one with large forest areas. The contamination of sediments with trace elements was assessed using the geoaccumulation index. The...

Arsenic (As) fractions in the sediments of seven lakes from East Plain Ecoregion and six lakes from Yungui Plateau Ecoregion, China, were investigated. Results indicated that the total As concentrations in sediment samples of lakes of the East Plain Lake Ecoregion are higher than those of Yungui Plateau Lake Ecoregion. Residual As is the main fraction in sediment samples of lakes from both ecor...

This study examined the spatio-temporality of heavy metal concentrations (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in sediments Lake Bafa, one most important wetlands Turkey’s Aegean region. The evaluated sediment quality according to threshold effect concentration (TEC) probable (PEC) values based on guidelines (SQG), provided a potential ecological risk assessment (PERI) along with indices such...

This paper examined the efficiency of artificial neural network (ANN) and multivariate linear regression (MLR) models in prediction groundwater quality parameters such as ecological risk index (ERI), pollution load (PLI), metal (MPI), Nemerow (NPI), geoaccumulation (Igeo). 40 samples were collected systematically analyzed for mainly heavy metals. Results revealed that adopting measured is effec...

Pollution of river bottom sediments with heavy metals (HMs) has emerged as a main environmental issue related to intensive anthropopressure on the water environment. In this context, risk harmful effects HMs presence in Warta River, third longest Poland, been assessed. The concentrations Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb collected at 24 sample collection stations along whole length have measured analy...

Angelovičová L., Fazekašová D. (2014): Contamination of the soil and water environment by heavy metals in the former mining area of Rudňany (Slovakia). Soil & Water Res., 9: 18–24. Contamination of soil and water environment by heavy metals in a former mining area and their effect on the soil characteristics were determined. Soil samples were collected in the village of Rudňany which is, accord...

This article aims to analyze the contamination of water and bottom sediment at Arroio Moinho (Mill Stream), in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). From two sample collections, a series diagnostic measurements were carried out, such as: a) physical-chemical biological analysis water; b) quality index (WQI); c) metal contamination, granulometric mineralogical analyses sediment; d) total org...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to examine the potential environmental risk of tailings resulted after precious and base metal ores processing, stored in seven impoundments located in the Aries river basin, Romania. The tailings were characterized by mineralogical and elemental composition, contamination indices, acid rock drainage generation potential and water leachab...