TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of risk to groundwater due to extractive waste in abandoned mine site: Case study of Gorno, NW Italy
AU - Mehta, N.
AU - Lasagna, Manuela
AU - Dino, Giovanna Antonella
AU - Ajmone-Marsan, Franco
AU - De Luca, Domenico Antonio
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Extractive waste (EW) from abandoned mines can pose serious pressure to natural watersystems.The harmful effects of EW such as deterioration of water sources by allowing leachingof potentially toxic elements (PTE) into groundwater make it necessary to carry out careful,scientific and comprehensive studies on this subject.The present research used risk analysis ap-proach to study the effect of presence of PTE to groundwater in abandoned mine site in Gorno,Lombardy (NW Italy). Results indicated that the groundwater was at risk due to Cd and Znwhen point of compliance (POC) was at zero m and decreased to no risk at distance of1500m from waste dumps.
AB - Extractive waste (EW) from abandoned mines can pose serious pressure to natural watersystems.The harmful effects of EW such as deterioration of water sources by allowing leachingof potentially toxic elements (PTE) into groundwater make it necessary to carry out careful,scientific and comprehensive studies on this subject.The present research used risk analysis ap-proach to study the effect of presence of PTE to groundwater in abandoned mine site in Gorno,Lombardy (NW Italy). Results indicated that the groundwater was at risk due to Cd and Znwhen point of compliance (POC) was at zero m and decreased to no risk at distance of1500m from waste dumps.
KW - Mining waste
KW - Risk analysis
KW - Abandoned mine site
KW - Extractive waste
KW - Groundwater
KW - Hydrogeology
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M3 - Article
SN - 1121-9041
VL - LVI
SP - 39
EP - 45
JO - Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria
JF - Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria
IS - I
ER -