Sand and gravel mining impact on the surface water quality: a case study from the city of Tirebolu (Giresun Province, NE Turkey)

Bayram, Adem; Önsoy, Hızır

doi:10.1007/s12665-014-3549-2

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“…Impacts associated with the extraction and washing of material from the Harsit River in Turkey were found to include increased temperature and turbidity and higher manganese, chromium, and iron concentrations, with the increase in metals correlated with the suspended solids (Bayram & Önsoy, ). The study highlighted the potential for groundwater impacts that could affect domestic water use.…”

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Impacts of riverine sand mining on freshwater ecosystems: A review of the scientific evidence and guidance for future research

Koehnken¹,

Rintoul

Goichot³

et al. 2020

River Research & Apps

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Sand mining (used here as a generic term that includes mining of any riverine aggregates regardless of particle size) is a global activity that is receiving increasing media attention due to perceived negative environmental and social impacts. As calls grow for stronger regulation of mining, there is a need to understand the scientific evidence to support effective management. This paper summarizes the results of a structured literature review addressing the question, “What evidence is there of impacts of sand mining on ecosystem structure, process, and biodiversity in rivers, floodplains, and estuaries?” The review found that most investigations have focused on temperate rivers where sand mining occurred historically but has now ceased. Channel incision was the most common physical impact identified; other physical responses, including habitat disturbance, alteration of riparian zones, and changes to downstream sediment transport, were highly variable and dependant on river characteristics. Ecosystem attributes affected included macroinvertebrate drift, fish movements, species abundance and community structures, and food web dynamics. Studies often inferred impacts on populations, but supporting data were scarce. Limited evidence suggests that rivers can sustain extraction if volumes are within the natural sediment load variability. Significantly, the countries and rivers for which there is science‐based evidence related to sand mining are not those where extensive sand mining is currently reported. The lack of scientific and systematic studies of sand mining in these countries prevents accurate quantification of mined volumes or the type, extent, and magnitude of any impacts. Additional research into how sand mining is affecting ecosystem services, impacting biodiversity and particularly threatened species, and how mining impacts interact with other activities or threats is urgently required.

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Impacts of riverine sand mining on freshwater ecosystems: A review of the scientific evidence and guidance for future research

Koehnken¹,

Rintoul

Goichot³

et al. 2020

River Research & Apps

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“…2 and 3). In a river basin, there may be ex cavations that create a lake in contact with the river (Bayram and Önsoy, 2015;Cross et al, 2014;Kondolf, 1997), in a meander, or an old gravel bar (Fig. 2).…”

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Water and (bio)chemical cycling in gravel pit lakes: A review and outlook

Mollema

Antonellini

2016

Earth-Science Reviews

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“…This is especially the case of the major development works (canals, dredging, extraction of sand and gravel, construction of bridges and dikes, etc. ), which changing their hydromorphology, are likely to influence their hydrochemistry and hydrodynamic [3,4]. Climate change, increasing in their last decade [5], strongly contributes to this situation.…”

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Simultaneous Effects of the Climate Change and the Recent Hydromorphological Modification of Vridi Channel (Côte d'Ivoire) on Some Its Hydrochemical Characteristics

Samuel

Konan

Trokourey

2020

CJAST

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This work aims to assess the simultaneous effects of the climate change and the hydromorphological modification of Vridi channel on its hydrochemistry. To best estimate, this fact, the seasonal dynamic of the particle size distribution, pH, redox potential, salinity, conductivity, moisture and organic matter contents of Vridi channel sediments have been followed and compared during two different annual periods, where the climate and the hydromorphology of this estuary have been different. The first annual period, covering the period from April 2014 to March 2015, has been characterized by a climatic regime close to the climatic normal of the study area and, this channel had its former hydromorphology. The second period annual, covering the period from October 2018 to September 2019, has been marked by a disruption of the climatic regime throughout Côte d'Ivoire, and this channel presented its modified hydromorphology. A monthly sampling has been done in this channel during each annual period. All These physical and chemical parameters have been determined by the corresponding AFNOR standards. Results have shown that these superficial sediments, with a predominantly sandy texture over the period from April 2014 to March 2015, have presented a texture predominantly of silt and clays over the period from October 2018 to September 2019. The climate change and the recent hydromorphological modification of this ecosystem had simultaneous very few effects on their pH and redox potential over the study period. On the other hand, they have caused an important increase in their salinity, moisture and organic matter contents and, a decrease in their electrical conductivity over the period from October 2018 to September 2019 relative to those determined in these substrates over the period of April 2014 to March 2015. This fact has certainly affected its biodiversity, especially that of its benthic fauna.

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Sand and gravel mining impact on the surface water quality: a case study from the city of Tirebolu (Giresun Province, NE Turkey)

Cited by 40 publications

References 34 publications

Impacts of riverine sand mining on freshwater ecosystems: A review of the scientific evidence and guidance for future research

Impacts of riverine sand mining on freshwater ecosystems: A review of the scientific evidence and guidance for future research

Water and (bio)chemical cycling in gravel pit lakes: A review and outlook

Simultaneous Effects of the Climate Change and the Recent Hydromorphological Modification of Vridi Channel (Côte d'Ivoire) on Some Its Hydrochemical Characteristics

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