Ecological Monitoring and Wastewater Treatment in Mining Areas
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 270
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biogeochemistry; ecological monitoring and evaluation; eco-toxicology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mining makes up nearly 45% of the total global economy, while, on the other hand, mining activities impact our environment at different levels. The environmental problems arising due to mining activities are soil erosion, sinkholes, biodiversity loss, air pollution, contamination of surface, ground, and freshwater resources, etc. An ecological response mechanism based on the characteristics of the ecological environment of the mining area is the key to provide reasonable planning for sustainable mining, and land use, ecological, geological hazard and topic pollutant monitoring during the mining full life circle is the basis to analyze the response mechanism of the ecological environment.
Mine waste water is one of the major pollutants from mining activity and causes a series of safety and environmental impact problems. The whole life of coal mines is challenged by mine water safety, groundwater pollution, mine water resource utilization and ecological environment protection. Mine wastewater can be extremely acidic and is often laden with high concentrations of toxic, heavy metals, and it is more harmful to living organisms due to the more acidic water. Great research efforts were made on the treatment of mine waste water.
From that approach to a multifaceted and complex problem, we invite contributions particularly concerning the ecological impacts of mining and mine waste water treatment. This Special Issue invites critical reviews and research papers providing advanced and original insights into the characterization and assessment of ecological and environmental impacts during the mining process and efficient mine waste water technology.
Dr. Xin Xiao
Dr. Wei Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mining impacts
- monitoring
- ecosystems and the environment
- contamination
- mining acid drainage
- water quality
- soil erosion
- infiltration
- groundwater levels/flow models
- impact assessment
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