Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

Sediments are normally the final pathway of both natural and anthropogenic components produced or derived from the environment. Sediment quality is a good indicator of pollution in the water column, where heavy metals and other organic pollutants tend to concentrate. Metals are introduced in aquatic...

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Published in:Metals (Basel ) 2017-08, Vol.7 (8), p.284
Main Authors: Singovszka, Eva, Balintova, Magdalena, Demcak, Stefan, Pavlikova, Petra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abandoned mines
Acid mine drainage
Aluminum
Cadmium
Copper
Correlation coefficients
Heavy metals
Human influences
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Mathematical analysis
Metals
Pollutants
Sediments
statistical analysis
Surface water
Volcanic eruptions
Water pollution
Weathering
Zinc
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Summary:Sediments are normally the final pathway of both natural and anthropogenic components produced or derived from the environment. Sediment quality is a good indicator of pollution in the water column, where heavy metals and other organic pollutants tend to concentrate. Metals are introduced in aquatic systems as a result of the weathering of soils and rocks, from volcanic eruptions, and from a variety of human activities involving the mining, processing, or use of metals and/or substances that contain metal pollutants. Heavy metal concentration in the water column can be relatively low in some cases, but the concentrations in the sediment may be elevated. The presented work aimed to investigate the pollutant levels of some heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb) in the water and sediments related to acid mine drainage (AMD) produced from an abandoned sulphide mine in Smolnik in Eastern Slovakia. A metal pollution index was used to compare the total content of metals at five sampling stations. The level of partitioning of the metals between the surface water and sediments in the area was calculated using Partition coefficients and the correlation coefficients between the metal pairs in both media were calculated by a Pearson coefficient.
ISSN:2075-4701
2075-4701
DOI:10.3390/met7080284