Methodological approaches to pollution assessment in water bodies within the operation zone of mining plants

A series of methods for assessing water body pollution by chemical characteristics are considered as applied to water bodies in the operation zone of mining plants. In some methods, the estimate of water body pollution may reflect regional features of waters, rather than their pollution. Evaluating...

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Published in:Water resources 2014-07, Vol.41 (4), p.464-472
Main Authors: Lozovik, P. A, Kulakova, N. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental assessment
fisheries
Fisheries management
Flowers & plants
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
Mining
Pollution index
surface water
toxicity
Waste Water Technology
Water bodies
Water Management
Water pollution
Water Pollution Control
Water Resources Development: Economic and Legal Aspects
Zoning
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Summary:A series of methods for assessing water body pollution by chemical characteristics are considered as applied to water bodies in the operation zone of mining plants. In some methods, the estimate of water body pollution may reflect regional features of waters, rather than their pollution. Evaluating the environmentally allowable concentrations of elements and their biogeochemical tolerance has shown those values to increase with increasing water body pollution, a fact that contradicts the essence of those characteristics. The most simple and universal is a procedure for evaluating water pollution index with the use of regional MACs, taking into account the geochemical background concentrations of the elements and their toxicity using as a criterion the value of MAC for water bodies used for fishery.
ISSN:0097-8078
1608-344X
DOI:10.1134/S0097807814040101