Scholarly record
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF USING MINING WASTE FOR RECLAMATION GRAVEL PIT IN RAJSKO (SOLA VALLEY, SOUTHERN POLAND).
Abstract
The paper describes the case of excavation reclamation after exploitation of gravel, located in the Sola River valley in Rajsko, in the range of the Nature 2000 area Lower Sola Valley (PLB120004), within and the vicinity of the Nature 2000 area of Lower Sola (PLH120083), the vicinity of breeding ponds. There is a Quaternary aquifer in the excavation bottom. 540,000 tonnes of waste from a nearby hard coal mine were used for ground works, which filled the excavation after exploitation of gravel. As a part of the field work, conductivity profiling in water reservoirs was performed and physicochemical analyzes of the samples taken from them were performed as well. On the foreground of deposited material, the water conductivity in the reservoir residue exceeded 14 mS/cm. The concentration of chloride was 4667 mg/L - more than 200 times higher than in ponds situated outside the influence of post mining waste. The static leaching tests of the material used to fill the landfill were performed and their chemical composition was determined. Additionally, XRD and XRF analyzes of mining waste, used in engineering works were made. Performed research allowed us to estimate the load of pollutants that will be released into the environment from material that was found harmless in official documents. This paper has systemic importance for the change in the approach to post-mining waste. The authors pointed out that the use of mining waste can only take place in the areas where it will not lead to pollution of the soil and water environment and the need to monitor their actual impact on the environment. They emphasized the need to monitor the impact of the reclaimed area on the environment. It was noted that contrary to common practices, mining waste cannot be treated as an environmentally neutral aggregate.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References12
Akcil A., Koldas S., Acid Mine Drainage (AMD): causes, treatment and case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 14, is. 1-2, 2006;
Gatlik J., , Hydrogeological Map of Poland in the scale of 1:50 000, Sheet Oswiecim (0970), The Polish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Warszawa, 1997;
Górnik M., GIS database information layers of the 1:50 000 Hydrogeological Map of Poland: First Aquifer – Extent and Hydrodynamics, Sheet Oświęcim (0970), The Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Warszawa, 2006;
Gruszewicz P., Gąsior Ł., Miś D., GIS database information layers of the 1:50 000 Hydrogeological Map of Poland: First Aquifer - groundwater vulnerability and quality, Sheet Oświęcim (0970), The Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Warszawa, 2013;
Johnson D., Hallberg K., Acid mine drainage remediation options: a review. Science of The Total Environment, vol. 338., is. 1-2, 2005:
Kabata-Pendias A., Pendias H., Biogeochemistry of trace elements, Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1999;
Sitek S., FEFLOW groundwater modelling of mine sites, Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 65, pp 1451–1459, 2017;
Sitek S., Witkowski A., Kowalczyk A., Żurek-Pucek A. M, Impact assessment of municipal landfill in Tychy on groundwater environment – modelling study, Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, vol.442, pp 147–152, 2010;
Witkowski A. J., 1997 - Environmental aspects of use of the carboniferous waste-rocks for road construction, in: Mine water and the Environment, Proceedings of 6th International Mine Water Association Congress, Vol.2, str. 491-499, IRGO&IMWA, Bled, Slowenia, 1997;
PN-EN 12457-4:2006 Characterisation of waste - Leaching - Compliance test for leaching of granular waste materials and sludges - Part 4: One stage batch test at a liquid to solid ratio of 10 l/kg for materials with particle size below 10 mm (without or with size reduction);
Regulation of the Minister of the Environment on the recovery of waste outside installations and equipment Journal of Laws No 796 from 12th of June;
The Waste Act, Journal of Laws No 796 from 12th of June;
Citing literature
Number of times cited according to Crossref: 1
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
