Evaluation of water resources around Barapukuria coal mine industrial area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Howladar, M. Farhad; Deb, Pulok Kanti; Muzemder, A. T. M. Shahidul Huqe; Ahmed, Mainuddin

doi:10.1007/s13201-014-0207-5

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“…Water is very important natural resource, widely used throughout the world for domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes and entering into the environment in various sources [1,3]. However, the problem of water quality is more severe in the areas where mining and mineral processes' industries are present.…”

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“…However, the problem of water quality is more severe in the areas where mining and mineral processes' industries are present. Especially in mining processes, several classes of wastes are produced which may cause various types of pollution and then ultimately contamination occurs [1,23]. So, it is of great importance to evaluate the ground water in every developing country like Bangladesh where 95% of the portable water supply comes from groundwater both in rural and urban areas and 70% of irrigation water also comes from groundwater sources [3,24].…”

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“…The coal-mining operations either by underground or open-cut mining is the most recognizable and demonstrable environmental problem since it modifies or by altering the physical, chemical and biological parameters of the environment surround to the mining area and it has farreaching influence on human being civilization and ecological unit [1,2]. The mine drainage contains high concentrations of metals and metalloids which elevate minerals contents in ground water and soil might be one of major pollution sources.…”

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Heavy Metals Contamination Assessment of Water and Soils in and Around Barapukuria Coal Mine Area, Bangladesh

Khan¹

2017

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Abstract:In order to evaluate the heavy metals contamination of groundwater in Barapukuria Coal Mine (BCM) area and its vicinity, nine groundwater samples from different location, two waste water either treated and/or untreated that were used to irrigate in and around the coal mine areas, three surficial soil samples (~20cm depth) and a coal dust sample were collected during March, 2015. The samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Each sample was analyzed for As, Mn, Fe total , Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, Ni, Co, Cr, Cd and Hg. It was found that As, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, Co, Cr, Cd and Hg did not exhibit significant elevated levels, but concentration of Mn, Fe total and Ni ranging from 0.15 to 3.85mg/L, 0 to 1.88mg/L and 0.01 to 0.09mg/L respectively both in groundwater and mine waste water samples exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO, 2004) drinking water guideline values of 0.4mg/L of Mn, 0.3 mg/L of Fe and of 0.02mg/L of Ni. Similarly the mean heavy metal concentrations in soils were below the Bangladesh standards for all heavy metals but the maximum values of Co (137.25 to 245.24mg/kg), Cr (139.02 to 243.38mg/kg) and Hg (0 to 24.28mg/kg) also exceeded the maximum acceptable limit of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO, 1992) (Co of 50mg/kg, Cr of 100mg/kg) and Environment Agency (EA, 2009) (Hg of 1mg/kg) guideline standard. However, the coal dust was not above the guideline recommended limit for any elements. Therefore, this study reveals that the use of treated and/or untreated coal mine waste water for irrigation has increased the risk of heavy metals contamination in groundwater and causing potential health hazards in the long time term.

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Heavy Metals Contamination Assessment of Water and Soils in and Around Barapukuria Coal Mine Area, Bangladesh

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2017

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“…5. Rahman (1987)] the similar physical and analytical procedure was previously reported by many researcher such as Howladar et al (2013Howladar et al ( , 2014; Howladar and Rahman (2016); Martinello et al (2014); Ramos et al (2015); RodriguezIruretagiiena et al (2015); Sanchís et al (2013); Tezza et al (2015) and so on.…”

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“…However, rock storage as well as rock pilling is very ubiquitous features around the mine area. Surface waters are more vulnerable to pollution due to their easy accessibility for disposal of wastewaters (Singh et al 2004;Bu et al 2009;Hossain et al 2010;Howladar 2013;Howladar et al 2013Howladar et al , 2014. Prevention and control of the surface water pollution must rely on the reliable information of water quality and identification of pollutant sources (Simeonov et al 2003;Shrestha and Kazama 2007;Bu et al 2009;Howladar et al 2017;Howladar 2017).…”

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An application of Water Quality Index (WQI) and multivariate statistics to evaluate the water quality around Maddhapara Granite Mining Industrial Area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

2017

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Background: Pure water is an absolutely necessary component of the earth not only for life but also for sustainable socio-economic development of today's civilization. The aim of this study was to analysis the quality of water resources and to investigate the influences of mining activities on water quality around the Maddhapara Granite Mining area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.Result: 31 samples from surface and groundwater were collected from this selected area to assess their hydrochemistry, suitability, and their possible sources of contamination. Consequently, in the case of physico-chemical analysis, the 24 parameters such as P H , Electrical Conductivity, TDS, TH, Caetc. were analyzed in laboratory. Multivariate statistical methods were adopted for determining the water quality and their sources of contamination. The Gibbs ratio plot suggests that most of the samples fall in the rock dominance fields and some are in the precipitation dominance field. Cluster analysis confirms that three main groups of water samples where cluster I includes 70.97% of water samples, cluster II and cluster III includes rest 22.58 and 6.45% of the water samples respectively. Factor Analysis/Principal Component Analysis (FA/PCA) illustrates five factors extracted which explain 75.89% of the total variance. Conclusion:The collective results of multivariate analysis and Water Quality Index implies that most of the areas around the mining area are dominated by the good to excellent quality water for different purposes. In addition, the results of this research will then be helpful to estimate the major sources of contamination in different areas within the framework of activities intending to improve the quality of water.

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Environmental Impacts of Coal-Mining and Coal-Fired Power-Plant Activities in a Developing Country with Global Context

Habib¹,

Khan

2021

Environmental Challenges and Solutions

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To represent a comprehensive scenario regarding the coal mining and coal-fired power plant activities in a developing country (Bangladesh) and to understand the total environmental impacts, potential coal resources of Bangladesh, environmental geochemistry and dispersion of pollutants, eco-toxicological impacts, human health risks as well as socioeconomic impacts are evaluated in this chapter. Potential coal reserves along with the future plants are estimated. Technogenic sources of environmental pollutants including environmentally toxic heavy metals, health hazardous radionuclides, persistent organic pollutants, suspended particulate maters, etc. are assessed. In doing so, scarce associated data from coal mine (Barapukuria, Bangladesh) and Barapukuria coal-fired power plant (BTPP) of Bangladesh have been reconciled by using and arguing the previous works around the globe. Immense and proper literature reviews as well as the existing data on Barapukuria coal mine and BTPP are tabulated to compare and understand the condition along with the potential prevention and remediation approaches.

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Evaluation of water resources around Barapukuria coal mine industrial area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Cited by 54 publications

References 39 publications

Heavy Metals Contamination Assessment of Water and Soils in and Around Barapukuria Coal Mine Area, Bangladesh

Heavy Metals Contamination Assessment of Water and Soils in and Around Barapukuria Coal Mine Area, Bangladesh

An application of Water Quality Index (WQI) and multivariate statistics to evaluate the water quality around Maddhapara Granite Mining Industrial Area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Environmental Impacts of Coal-Mining and Coal-Fired Power-Plant Activities in a Developing Country with Global Context

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