Water resources management in river catchments influenced by lignite mining

Grünewald, Uwe

doi:10.1016/s0925-8574(00)00154-3

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“…These changes are visible not only within boundaries of the open-cast mines, but often also in the areas adjacent to them (Glina et al 2016). This is caused by the necessity to drain the open-cast mine before and during the lignite exploitation, and also by changes in the hydrological network of the territory (Rz¹sa et al 1999, Mocek et al 2002, Owczarzak et al 2011, Grünewald 2001. The extent and intensity of such drainage was documented in the past in considerable detail and investigated thoroughly (Rz¹sa et.…”

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Changes of soil water regime types in the area adjacent to the Tomisławice open-cast lignite mine (central Poland)

Owczarzak¹,

Mocek²,

Kaczmarek³

et al. 2017

Soil Science Annual

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This work presents the results of a four-year study on the determination of the range of soil groundwater drainage caused by the operation of the Tomis³awice lignite open-cast mine. The performed analyses covered the area of 9600 ha which included 24 villages. It was found that operation of Tomis³awice open-cast mine caused noticeable changes of soil groundwater level in the areas adjacent to the excavation. It consequently resulted in considerable changes in soil water regimes types on grassland areas but it did not always lead to soil degradation processes. However, the deterioration of soils hydrological conditions may cause disappearance of certain hydrophilous grass species.

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Changes of soil water regime types in the area adjacent to the Tomisławice open-cast lignite mine (central Poland)

Owczarzak¹,

Mocek²,

Kaczmarek³

et al. 2017

Soil Science Annual

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“…Another reason for ET deviations in the water balance estimations are the massive anthropogenic ground water extractions from open-cast lignite mining areas that peaked in the 1980s when more than 30 m 3 s −1 excess flow were lead into the Spree River, Grünewald (2001). In Fig.…”

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“…There are huge lignite open cast mining areas in the subbasins of the rivers Spree, Schwarze Elster, and Weiße Elster. These are hydrologically important: a groundwater deficit of 13 × 10 9 m 3 had been created by draining (Grünewald, 2001), and ongoing recultivation activities shall produce over 200 km 2 of new water surfaces. Besides direct effects on river discharge, the landscape alterations affect local hydrometeorology (Conradt et al, 2007).…”

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Three perceptions of the evapotranspiration landscape: comparing spatial patterns from a distributed hydrological model, remotely sensed surface temperatures, and sub-basin water balances

Conradt

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Bronstert

2013

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract.A problem encountered by many distributed hydrological modelling studies is high simulation errors at interior gauges when the model is only globally calibrated at the outlet. We simulated river runoff in the Elbe River basin in central Europe (148 268 km 2 ) with the semi-distributed eco-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model). While global parameter optimisation led to NashSutcliffe efficiencies of 0.9 at the main outlet gauge, comparisons with measured runoff series at interior points revealed large deviations. Therefore, we compared three different strategies for deriving sub-basin evapotranspiration: (1) modelled by SWIM without any spatial calibration, (2) derived from remotely sensed surface temperatures, and (3) calculated from long-term precipitation and discharge data. The results show certain consistencies between the modelled and the remote sensing based evapotranspiration rates, but there seems to be no correlation between remote sensing and water balance based estimations. Subsequent analyses for single sub-basins identify amongst others input weather data and systematic error amplification in inter-gauge discharge calculations as sources of uncertainty. The results encourage careful utilisation of different data sources for enhancements in distributed hydrological modelling.

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“…Although there is a large body of literature investigating mining and post-mining landscapes from the lens of ecology (e.g. Grünewald 2001;Hüttl and Weber, 2001) or economics (e.g. Koch et al 2005;Lienhoop and Messner 2009) integrated, interdisciplinary political ecology -or ecological economics based explorations are still rare.…”

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The transition of Germany's energy production, green economy, low-carbon economy, socio-environmental conflicts, and equitable society

Weber

Cabras

2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

102

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Low carbon transitions have been predominantly analysed using quantitative methods, mostly building on present and forecasted data of social metabolism. This paper addresses both the economic and social dimensions of low carbon emissions by analysing the presence of socio-environmental conflicts in Germany. These conflicts appear to be a consequence of unsustainable policies targeting firms' planning and behaviour, mainly based on neoclassical economic thinking and stakeholders unwilling to accept carbon intensive behaviour. By applying a Delphi Method with 18 experts, the authors analyse 117 socio-environmental conflicts (e.g. derived from extractive activity, energy production, and infrastructure projects) in Germany. Most of these conflicts include the struggle of various society groups to achieve a low carbon economy but also a more equitable society. The analyses presented in this paper shows that Germany provides both the best and the worse of achieving low carbon paths: a significant investment into renewable energy, but also a strong dependency on lignite which supplies the most polluting power stations of Europe. By addressing the problem from an historical perspective, the authors demonstrate how carbon intensive extractive activity has been one of the major causes for environmental activism and protest in both socialist and capitalist societies. Highlights:German energy transition raises questions of equitability as energy poverty has increased Green Economy focus favours mega projects as high voltage power lines Despite ambitious goals, Germany (so far) has remained a high-carbon economy Extraction activities targeting lignite had been dominant in both socialist and post-socialist Germany The Vattenfall's divestment from Lusatian Lignite is presented as a case of corporate degrowth

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Water resources management in river catchments influenced by lignite mining

Cited by 64 publications

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Changes of soil water regime types in the area adjacent to the Tomisławice open-cast lignite mine (central Poland)

Changes of soil water regime types in the area adjacent to the Tomisławice open-cast lignite mine (central Poland)

Three perceptions of the evapotranspiration landscape: comparing spatial patterns from a distributed hydrological model, remotely sensed surface temperatures, and sub-basin water balances

The transition of Germany's energy production, green economy, low-carbon economy, socio-environmental conflicts, and equitable society

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