Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage

Ryszard Staniszewski, Dorota Cais-Sokolińska, Łukasz K. Kaczyński and Paulina Bielska
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Ryszard Staniszewski: Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Life Sciences, 94C Piątkowska Street, 60-649 Poznań, Poland
Dorota Cais-Sokolińska: Department of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Łukasz K. Kaczyński: Department of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Paulina Bielska: Department of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: Open-pit mines can cause environmental changes, such as alterations of landscape structure, hydrology, air quality, and river sediments; they can also generate cones of depression. We propose a new method for surveys of mine waters using the example of an open-pit mine in central Poland. This study examines the correlations between bioluminescence and the color of brown coal mine waters and tests whether values of the three-color coordinate system reflected the physicochemical quality of mine waters measured in real-time and in the field. Our results show that alkalinity, pH reaction, and conductivity are higher in surface drainage, while values of trophic parameters (soluble reactive phosphates, total phosphorus, nitrates) are greater in samples representing subsurface drainage. Correlation analysis of bioluminescence with mine water quality parameters showed that only water color had a strong association with bioluminescence. This correlation is stronger for surface drainage, than for mine waters from subsurface drainage. Direct measurement of bioluminescence, resulting from adenosine 5`-triphosphate (ATP) using a luminometer, is a fast and reliable method for evaluation of the characteristics of mine waters in real-time.

Keywords: brown coal; mine waters; color; water activity; bioluminescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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