Bromine as a Potential Threat to the Aquatic Environment in Areas of Mining Operations

Winid Bogumiła ()
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Winid Bogumiła: AGH Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie, Wydział Wiertnictwa, Nafty i Gazu

Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi / Mineral Resources Management, 2013, vol. 29, issue 2, 135-153

Abstract: Fresh water normally contains limited quantities of bromine. The average content of bromine in the surface and groundwater active exchange zone generally does not exceed 200 μg/dm3 (0.2 mg/dm3). Mineralized waters, including some specific therapeutic waters, thermal waters, and brines, may contain bromides in amounts greater than in ordinary groundwater. Bromides will penetrate into groundwater and surface water due to salty groundwater inflow. In areas of mining operations, the management of salty water (formation, mining, and production) may affect an increase in the bromide content in surface and shallow groundwater. Leachates and contaminated water from landfills and municipal storage may also contain bromide in much larger quantities than 1 mg/dm3.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/gosp-2013-0013

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