Impact of mining on the groundwater chemistry in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland)

Różkowski, Andrzej; Chmura, Anna; Gajowiec, Bogumił; Wagner, J.

doi:10.1007/bf02914802

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“…The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) is located in southern Poland and is one of the largest hard coal basins in the world (Rozkowski 1993). Hard coal has been mined in the USCB since about 1540.…”

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An Overview of Priority Pollutants in Selected Coal Mine Discharges in Europe

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Coal mine water discharges in several European countries were investigated as part of the European Commission's MANAGER project. The emphasis of the project was identification of priority pollutants and potential remedial approaches. The main identified priority pollutants were sulphate (all countries) and iron (all countries except Greece). High concentrations of chloride (particularly in Germany and Poland) were associated with discharge of saline mine waters linked to the presence of fossil sea water; these mine waters also had high boron concentrations, in contrast to chloride-rich waters in UK that are linked to recent sea water inflow. Concentrations of trace metals vary among countries, but radium is an important contaminant in barium-rich waters with low sulphate concentrations, essentially in Poland. Concentrations of trace metals and metalloids were generally low because of their relative scarcity in coal strata and adsorption onto ferric oxides and hydroxides, but they still often exceeded the environmental quality thresholds.

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An Overview of Priority Pollutants in Selected Coal Mine Discharges in Europe

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“…Mine waters are supplied to the Oder not only through the interceptor sewer system “Olza” but also via all right‐bank tributaries in Upper Silesia (Ruda, Bierawka, and Kłodnica) and the Gliwice Canal. This is indicated not only by high Sr contents in their waters, between 0.68 and 1.12 mg/L, but first of all, by a high level of contamination with Cl, SO 4, Na, Ba, Ca, and Mg ions (Magdziorz & Lach, ; Różkowski, Chmura, Gajowiec, & Wagner, ; Różkowski & Różkowski, ; Sracek et al, ). In 2015, the maximum salinity (Cl + SO 4 ) in these tributaries was in the range from 0.7 to 4.9 g/L (WIOS, ).…”

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Strontium isotope identification of water mixing and recharge sources in a river system (Oder River, central Europe): A quantitative approach

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Dopieralska

Bełka

et al. 2018

Hydrological Processes

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This study uses Sr isotope composition (87Sr/86Sr) and Sr content of waters of the Oder, one of the largest rivers in central Europe, to fingerprint natural and anthropogenic contributions to its Sr budget and to evaluate water mixing processes in its hydrological system. It also demonstrates a simple method of quantifying natural and anthropogenic Sr inputs in the watershed. The method has potential for environmental and archaeological research because past Sr geochemistry of river water can easily be reconstructed. For the first time, a catchment‐scale impact of anthropogenic sources on the Sr budget of a middle‐size river is shown in a quantitative way. The water of the Oder is characterized by a relatively uniform Sr isotope composition, from 0.7100 to 0.7108, contrasting with strong variations in Sr concentration, from 0.25 to 1.27 mg/L. There is a general seasonal trend in variability, with waters becoming more radiogenic and dilute with respect to the Sr in the spring time. This Sr systematics differs significantly from the Sr budgets of the majority of the Oder tributaries that exhibit more radiogenic composition and systematically lower Sr concentrations. A mixing scenario in the Oder involves Sr contribution from four principal water sources: (a) shallow ground waters with Sr derived from near‐surface weathering of silicates, (b) moderately radiogenic mine waters from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, (c) unradiogenic mine waters from the Permian sequence of the copper district, and (d) unradiogenic ground waters from shallow‐seated Palaeogene, Neogene, and Mesozoic aquifers. The Sr budget of the Oder is primarily controlled by inputs of dissolved Sr from anthropogenic sources, which overprint the natural background, controlled by geology. Thus, about 47.5% of Sr originates from agriculture, industrial, and municipal additions, 31.5% from mine water inputs, and only 21% from natural sources, that is, rock weathering and atmospheric precipitation. Reconstruction of the past Sr chemistry of the Oder reveals that its present‐day Sr isotope composition is temporary and significantly different from that of the preindustrial times.

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“…The sampling was performed at the active hard-coal coal mine in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region in southern Poland. The coal-bearing Late Carboniferous rocks at the sampling site belong to the Mudstone series of sediments [ 88 , 89 ]. A sample of collective coal mine water from the shaft (depth of 665–850 below ground level (bgl)) was collected into a sterile bottle at a depth of 665 m by the authors.…”

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Antifungal Activity and Biosynthetic Potential of New Streptomyces sp. MW-W600-10 Strain Isolated from Coal Mine Water

Siupka

Hansen

Schier

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IJMS

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Crop infections by fungi lead to severe losses in food production and pose risks for human health. The increasing resistance of pathogens to fungicides has led to the higher usage of these chemicals, which burdens the environment and highlights the need to find novel natural biocontrol agents. Members of the genus Streptomyces are known to produce a plethora of bioactive compounds. Recently, researchers have turned to extreme and previously unexplored niches in the search for new strains with antimicrobial activities. One such niche are underground coal mine environments. We isolated the new Streptomyces sp. MW-W600-10 strain from coal mine water samples collected at 665 m below ground level. We examined the antifungal activity of the strain against plant pathogens Fusarium culmorum DSM62188 and Nigrospora oryzae roseF7. Furthermore, we analyzed the strain’s biosynthetic potential with the antiSMASH tool. The strain showed inhibitory activity against both fungi strains. Genome mining revealed that it has 39 BGCs, among which 13 did not show similarity to those in databases. Additionally, we examined the activity of the Streptomyces sp. S-2 strain isolated from black soot against F. culmorum DSM62188. These results show that coal-related strains could be a source of novel bioactive compounds. Future studies will elucidate their full biotechnological potential.

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Impact of mining on the groundwater chemistry in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland)

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An Overview of Priority Pollutants in Selected Coal Mine Discharges in Europe

An Overview of Priority Pollutants in Selected Coal Mine Discharges in Europe

Strontium isotope identification of water mixing and recharge sources in a river system (Oder River, central Europe): A quantitative approach

Antifungal Activity and Biosynthetic Potential of New Streptomyces sp. MW-W600-10 Strain Isolated from Coal Mine Water

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