Groundwater Quality in the Vicinity of an Abandoned Mining Site – The M'fis Mine, Southeast of Morocco

Abdellaoui, Mohamed; Abdaoui, Abdellali; Boukhoubza, Fadila; Ait Boughrous, Ali

doi:10.12912/27197050/169386

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Groundwater Quality in the Vicinity of an Abandoned Mining Site – The M'fis Mine, Southeast of Morocco

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Abdellaoui Mohamed , Abdaoui Abdellali , Boukhoubza Fadila , Ait Boughrous Ali

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The diagnosis of the current state of the environment (groundwater quality and tailings composition) was carried out in the vicinity of the M’fis mine (Southeast of Morocco) in order to evaluate the impact of mine tailings on groundwater. Water samples from the well in the center of the mine site and from other nearby wells were collected and analyzed. In addition, the characterization of the tailings shows the presence of sulfides and other chemical elements, constituting the main source of pollution. In turn, the results of geochemical analyses show that groundwater is characterized by low levels of metals, despite the presence of these pollutants in the tailings and in the waste rock piles. The concentrations of metallic trace elements in well groundwater, slightly exceeding the standards of potability (the WHO standard), remain acceptable for irrigation and for livestock. These results can be explained by the carbonate geological formation, constituting the transfer medium of the pollutants towards the aquifer and also by the weak circulation of the metal ions under the desert climate which prevent dissolution and infiltration.

Słowa kluczowe

Eastern Anti-Atlas M'fis mine abandoned mine mining discharge groundwater quality

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Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej
Lublin University of Technology
WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe

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Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology

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2023

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Vol. 24, iss. 6

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292--299

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Bibliogr. 40 poz., rys., tab.

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Abdellaoui Mohamed

abdellaouimd@yahoo.fr

Research Team of Biology, Environment and Health, Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Marjane 2, BP: 298, Meknes 50050, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-5843

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Abdaoui Abdellali

Research Team of Biology, Environment and Health, Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Marjane 2, BP: 298, Meknes 50050, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9408-9573

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Boukhoubza Fadila

Research Team of Biology, Environment and Health, Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Marjane 2, BP: 298, Meknes 50050, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3647-5145

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Ait Boughrous Ali

Research Team of Biology, Environment and Health, Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Marjane 2, BP: 298, Meknes 50050, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5611-6705

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