Professor Will Mayes W.Mayes@hull.ac.uk
Environmental Science
Quantifying the importance of diffuse minewater pollution in a historically heavily coal mined catchment
Mayes, W. M.; Gozzard, E.; Potter, H. A. B.; Jarvis, A. P.
Authors
E. Gozzard
H. A. B. Potter
A. P. Jarvis
Abstract
There has been considerable progress in developing treatment systems for point sources of minewater pollution in recent years; however, there remains a knowledge gap in the characterisation and remediation of diffuse minewater sources. Data are presented from the River Gaunless catchment, a historically heavily coal mined catchment in the northeast of England. Instrearn iron (Fe) loadings were monitored alongside loadings arising from point minewater discharges over a 12-month period to assess the dynamic importance of diffuse sources of minewater pollution. In low flow, diffuse Sources account for around 50% of instream loading, a proportion which increases to 98% in high flow conditions. The low flow sources appear to be dominated by direct discharge of contaminated groundwater to surface waters in lower reaches of the catchment. In high flow, resuspended Fe-rich sediments, which are both naturally occurring and derived from historic mining, become the dominant diffuse source of Fe in the water column. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Citation
Mayes, W. M., Gozzard, E., Potter, H. A. B., & Jarvis, A. P. (2008). Quantifying the importance of diffuse minewater pollution in a historically heavily coal mined catchment. Environmental pollution, 151(1), 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.02.008
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 13, 2007 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 2, 2007 |
Publication Date | 2008-01 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION |
Print ISSN | 0269-7491 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 151 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 165-175 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.02.008 |
Keywords | Minewater; Diffuse pollution; Iron; Groundwater; Mass balance |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/387055 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749107001133?via%3Dihub |
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