Well water contaminated by acidic mine water from the Dabaoshan Mine, South China: chemistry and toxicity

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Chen, A., Lin, C., Lu, W., Wu, Y., Ma, Y., Li, J. and Zhu, L.. 2007. "Well water contaminated by acidic mine water from the Dabaoshan Mine, South China: chemistry and toxicity ." Chemosphere. 70 (2), pp. 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.041
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Well water contaminated by acidic mine water from the Dabaoshan Mine, South China: chemistry and toxicity

ERA Journal ID35098
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsChen, A. (Author), Lin, C. (Author), Lu, W. (Author), Wu, Y. (Author), Ma, Y. (Author), Li, J. (Author) and Zhu, L. (Author)
Journal TitleChemosphere
Journal Citation70 (2), pp. 248-255
Number of Pages8
Year2007
PublisherElsevier
Place of PublicationOxford, United Kingdom
ISSN0045-6535
1465-9972
1879-1298
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.041
Abstract

An investigation into well water quality was carried out in a rural area subject to irrigation with acidic mine water from the Guangdong Dabaoshan Mine, southern China. The results of water pH measurements from 112 wells in two different seasons suggest that the well water has been contaminated to varying degrees in the investigated Shangba floodplain (approximately 11 km south of the Guangdong Dabaoshan Mine). There is a trend that well water pH increased southwards, suggesting that the impacts of acidic irrigation water on groundwater decreased with increasing distance to the entry point of acidic irrigation water. Water quality monitoring results of the selected wells show that Cu and Cd in the water exceeded the limits set in the Chinese National Standards for Drinking Water (GB 5749-85) for the wells close to the irrigation water source. If the World Health Organization (WHO) standard was considered, Cd in some wells was almost 10 times as high as the WHO guideline value (0.003 mg l-1). Water collected from the location closest to the acidic irrigation water source was acutely toxic to the test organism (Daphnia carinata) even after 51 time dilution. It is likely that the extremely high mortality rate of the local population reported for the study area is at least partly related to the high levels of heavy metals, particularly Cd in the drinking well water.

Keywordsacid mine drainage; groundwater; heavy metals; toxicity; well water; water quality; water pollution; drinking water; contamination
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring
370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified
370104. Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
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