Assessment of Acid Mine Drainage’s Impact on Makhat’s Watershed Plants (Taza Province, Morocco)

• Autorzy: Lahmidi Ikram , Assabar Narmine , Mesrar Laila , Laaraj Marouane , Jabrane Raouf

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DOI

10.12912/27197050/189831

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The mining production industry often leaves large quantities of mine spoil heaps exposed on the surface. The lack of monitoring of these discharges could create sources of pollution; the most common among them is acid mine drainage, which causes the contamination of the environment by heavy metals present in its solutions. Bouaazza’s mine, present in Taza province North-East Morocco, was known for lead and sulfide exploitation for many years, which contributed to the exposure of important quantities of acid spoil heaps on the surface. To assess the impact caused by acid mine drainage in Makhat’s stream plants, sediments, and plant samples were collected along the stream. Physicochemical results for sediments showed pH values below 6. Geochemical results for sediments indicated Pb concentrations higher than the World Surface Rock Average standards (16 ppm), with values over 3000 ppm. As for plants, the values found after ICP-AES analyses were higher than the WHO permissible limit (2 ppm). These results confirm the harmful impact of the lack of environmental monitoring while and after abandoning mining explorations, which leads to environmental disasters.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

acid mine drainage; Bouazza's mine; pollution; plants; sediments; Makhat’s stream

• Wydawca: Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology ; WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe
• Czasopismo: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 25, iss. 8
• Strony: 261--270
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Lahmidi Ikram

• Laboratory of Intelligent System, Georesources and Renewable Energies, Faculty of Science and Technology of Fez, Morocco

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6711-9853

autor

Assabar Narmine

• Laboratory of Intelligent System, Georesources and Renewable Energies, Faculty of Science and Technology of Fez, Morocco

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-4865

autor

Mesrar Laila

• Laboratory of Intelligent System, Georesources and Renewable Energies, Faculty of Science and Technology of Fez, Morocco
• LOMC UMR 6294 CNRS, University Le Havre Normandie, 76600 Le Havre, France

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0815-8748

autor

Laaraj Marouane

• Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment Engineering, University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, FST Fes, Route d’Imouzzer P.O. Box: 2202, 30 000 Morocco

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-6123

autor

Jabrane Raouf

• Laboratory of Intelligent System, Georesources and Renewable Energies, Faculty of Science and Technology of Fez, Morocco

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-4970

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