Το work with title Assessment of reactivity of sulphidic tailings and river sludges by Komnitsas Konstantinos, Manousaki Klio, Zaharaki Dimitra is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Bibliographic Citation
K. Komnitsas, K. Manousaki, D. Zaharaki ," Assessment of reactivity of sulphidic tailings and river sludges," Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, vol. 9, no. 4 pp. 313-318 , 2009. doi: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-198
https://doi.org/10.1144/1467-7873/09-198
The aims of this work were: to assess the long-term reactivity of sulphidic wastes disposed of in a tailings dam at Bor, Serbia; to assess the reactivity of the sludges formed in a stream receiving acidic effluents; and to estimate the risk for the wider ecosystem. The laboratory assessment was carried out according to a slightly modified AMIRA protocol, using conventional free-draining leach columns. Deionized water and simulated acid rain were used as leaching media. The experimental results over a period of c. 70 weeks show increased solubilization for a number of metals and subsequently high risk for contamination of surface- and groundwater. Finally, feasible and effective remediation measures are proposed.