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Long-term evolution of highly alkaline steel slag drainage waters

The disposal of slag generated by the steel industry can have negative consequences upon the surrounding aquatic environment by the generation of high pH waters, leaching of potentially problematic trace metals, and rapid rates of calcite precipitation which smother benthic habitats. A 36-year datas...

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subjects Alkalinity
Aluminum
Aquatic environment
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Calcite
Calcium
Calcium Carbonate - analysis
Chemical precipitation
Drainage
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
England
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Heavy metals
Industrial Waste - analysis
Invertebrates
Leachates
Leaching
Metals - analysis
Molybdenum
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
pH effects
Physicochemical properties
Pollution
Slag
Steel
Steel industry
Steel production
Streams
Time Factors
Trace metals
Trends
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water quality
Watercourses
title Long-term evolution of highly alkaline steel slag drainage waters
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