Assessing local acid mine drainage impacts on natural regeneration-revegetation of São Domingos mine (Portugal) using a mineralogical, biochemical and textural approach

Ferreira, Renata; Pereira, M.F.C.; Magalhães, João P.; Maurício, António; Caçador, Isabel; Dias, Sandra

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142825

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“…The food chain structure became smaller due to the elimination of bigger fish and disturbed relations among species. In the river bed system, organic waste accumulates due to decomposer agents' vanishing, and the energy and nutrient transfer cycle are critically low (Ferreira et al, 2021;Gray, 1998;Hogsden & Harding, 2012;Sun et al, 2022). The embryonic stage, growth performance, and reproduction of fish that live in AMD-contaminated water are seriously damaged (Taslima et al, 2022).…”

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Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: A Review

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The coal mining industry is an industrial activity that impacts the environment. This activity will generate acid mine drainage due to the interaction of water, air and sulfide minerals. Acid mine drainage is wastewater with low pH and heavy metals content. These conditions will be given some negatives impact on the environment and human health. The low-cost, applicable and simple method to solve acid mine drainage in mining areas is constructed wetlands. Hence, this paper aims to describe the potential of wetlands as a low-cost and applicable method for acid mine drainage treatment. This paper also describes the holistic information about an overview of constructed wetlands, acid mine drainage (AMD) production and their negative impacts, recent trends in constructed wetlands, recommendation components of wetlands, potential application in rural areas and future considerations

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Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: A Review

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“…Oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur species and formation of actual acid sulfate soils has an enduring and complex effect on the soil and surrounding environment (Corfield, 2000). This also occurs with mining waste derived from the exploitation of sulfides where these are oxidized to sulfates generating an acid drainage that affects the soil and release large amounts of sulfates and heavy metals into the water (e.g., Costa & Duarte, 2005;Devasahayam, 2006;Ferreira et al, 2020;Jennings et al, 2000;Lin, 1997;Lin & Quvarfort, 1996;Nordstrom, 1982;Pons, 1973). The canals that surround the petrochemical center constitute small ecosystems within a strongly anthropized area.…”

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“…Sulfated acid drainage constitutes an environmental problem which is frequently studied in mining waste derived from the exploitation of sulfides (Costa et al, 2008;Costa & Duarte, 2005;Delgado et al, 2019;Devasahayam, 2006;Idaszkin et al, 2017;Jennings et al, 2000;Lecomte et al, 2017;Lin, 1997;Ludwig et al, 2001;Nieto et al, 2013;Nieva et al, 2016Nieva et al, , 2018Nordstrom, 1982;Pons, 1973). In this type of environmental liabilities, sulfides are oxidized to sulfates generating an acid drainage that affects the soil and release large amounts of sulfates and heavy metals into the water (Bigham & Nordstrom, 2000;Ferreira et al, 2020;Konner, 1993;Lin, 1997;Lin & Quvarfort, 1996;Lövgren et al, 1990;Schwertmann & Fitzpatrick, 1993;Turner & Kramer, 1992;Yang et al, 2009). Industries that use sulfur compounds as inputs in production processes (e.g., sulfuric acid production, agriculture, tire or rubber production, animal feed or pyrotechnics, pigment production, steel treatment, batteries production, and insecticides, bleaching paper) can also generate contamination during their storage, as well as generate waste through the discarded material (Tugrul et al, 2003).…”

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Assessment of Acid Sulfate Drainage in an Environmental Liability Associated with an Ancient Sulfuric Acid Industry in a Sector of the Río de la Plata Coastal Plain: Impacts On Soil And Water Quality

Albiero

Santucci

Carol

2021

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Environmental liabilities have become one of the most important problems at environmental level, especially those located in urban areas. Within the area of the Río de la Plata coastal plain, industrial waste abandoned by an ancient sulfuric acid industry in a sector of the petrochemical center constitutes an environmental liability composed mainly of fragments of native sulfur. The aim of this work is to evaluate, from laboratory tests, the generation of sulfate acid drainage in environmental liabilities associated with the ancient sulfuric acid industry in order to identify the waste spatial distribution and to determine the impacts that they impart on the quality of the soil and groundwater. The results obtained show that the native sulfur scattered in the environmental liability associated with the ancient sulfuric acid industry constitutes a potential source of sulfated acid drainage that locally affects the soil, groundwater, and underground structures of the industrial center, and also small adjacent ecosystems. The interaction between native sulfur and the rainwater causes the oxidation of the native sulfur releasing protons and sulfates, which reach the groundwater through the infiltration water process, generating the acidification of the environment. The results provide useful draft for the management of environmental liabilities, and also the monitoring data obtained could assist in prioritization of remediation options, which constitute a problem of relevance and whose regulations for management and mitigation are still a controversial issue.

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“…The results reported in this study, and in other studies that have assessed the environmental impact in the Aljustrel mining area [2-4,9,22,23] can be used to evaluate the benefits of the remediation measures at the site, documenting the "ground zero" Several studies have documented these impacts in rivers and streams, in Aljustrel [3,9,[22][23][24], and also in other mines from the IPB, both in Portugal, for example, the Lousal mine, affecting the Corona stream [18,25,26], São Domingos, affecting the São Domingos stream, a tributary to the Chança river [10,27] and, in Spain, mainly in Tinto and Odiel river basins, affected by different mines, for example, Rio Tinto, Tharsis, and Sotiel-Coronado [15,17,21,[28][29][30][31][32][33], in the Oraque and Meca rivers (Odiel tributaries), affected by the Tharsis mine [33], also affecting the Chanza and Guadiamar rivers [32]. In fact, in specific hydrogeochemical conditions, the environments affected by AMD can be characterized by extreme conditions, for example, negative pH values [33], similar to those found in the Cobica River basin, affected by AMD-polluted waters coming from the Lagunazo mine and the Herrerias mine, where, in addition to the high concentrations of toxic elements, the mean pH value was negative (pH = −1.56) [34].…”

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Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage on Surface Water, Stream Sediments, and Macrophytes Using a Battery of Chemical and Ecotoxicological Indicators

Alvarenga

Guerreiro

Simões

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Water

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Mining activities at the Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) have been responsible for the pollution of water, sediments, and biota, caused by the acid mine drainage (AMD) from the tailing deposits. The impact has been felt for years in the rivers and streams receiving AMD from the Aljustrel mine (SW sector of the IPB, Portugal), such as at the Água Forte stream, a tributary of the Roxo stream (Sado and Mira Hydrographic Region). To evaluate the extent of that environmental impact prior to the remediation actions, surface water, sediments, and the macrophyte Scirpus holoschoenus L. were sampled at the Água Forte and the Roxo streams, upstream and downstream from the confluence. The surface water and the sediments were extremely acidic at the Água Forte stream (pH ranges 2.22–2.92 for the water and 2.57–3.32 for the sediment), with high As, Cu, Pb, and Zn concentrations of 2.1, 120, 0.21, and 421 mg kg−1, respectively, in the water, and 661, 1746, 539, and 1994 mg kg−1, respectively, in the sediment, in the location closer to the mine. Two aquatic bioassays evidenced the high ecotoxicity of the Água Forte water at that site, with very low EC50 values for Vibrio fischeri luminescence inhibition (<3.1% v/v) and Daphnia magna 48-hour immobilization/mortality assays (<6.3% v/v). The impact of the AMD was also evident in the sediments of the Roxo stream, but not so marked in the water, with circa neutral pH and lower As, Cu, Pb, and Zn concentrations. Consistently, the ecotoxicological response was only felt in the sampling point closer to the confluence of the Água Forte with the Roxo stream, with an EC20 of 27.0% (v/v) towards the V. fischeri. One of the dominant and well adapted macrophytes, S. holoschoenus L., presented low bioaccumulation factors for Cu (0.04) and Zn (0.15) in their emerging parts, and very low concentrations for As and Pb, making this plant a potential candidate to be used in phytoremediation actions to treat and control AMD in the IPB.

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Assessing local acid mine drainage impacts on natural regeneration-revegetation of São Domingos mine (Portugal) using a mineralogical, biochemical and textural approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 45 publications

Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: A Review

Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: A Review

Assessment of Acid Sulfate Drainage in an Environmental Liability Associated with an Ancient Sulfuric Acid Industry in a Sector of the Río de la Plata Coastal Plain: Impacts On Soil And Water Quality

Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage on Surface Water, Stream Sediments, and Macrophytes Using a Battery of Chemical and Ecotoxicological Indicators

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