Evaluation of the efficiency of the phytoextraction process in the quarry wastewater treatment

The development of mineral deposits in an open way at mining enterprises is accompanied by drilling and blasting. These works are carried out using explosives based on ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate). As a result of flooding of wells and washing out of explosive particles from the rock, ammonium nitrate enters the resulting quarry wastewater of a significant volume. To treat this type of wastewater, it is proposed to use a system of constructed wetlands using various types of wetland vegetation. Systems of this type are an environmentally safe and economical way to remove pollutants from wastewater, based on the natural processes of life of vegetation, microorganisms and bacteria. In addition to the accumulation of pollutants from quarry wastewater, wetland vegetation is involved in the production of organic matter and in creating a favorable habitat for microorganisms. On the basis of the Center for Collective Use of St. Petersburg Mining University, an experimental study was carried out on the acclimatization of wetland vegetation of three types and a further decrease in the concentration of nitrates with their help. During the experiment, a positive dynamics of nitrate absorption by all types of vegetation was obtained with an efficiency of up to 45%.

Pashkevich M. A., Korotaeva A. E. Evaluation of the efficiency of the phytoextraction process in the quarry wastewater treatment. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(6—1):349—360. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_61_0_349.

Pashkevich M. A., Dr.Sci. (Eng.), head of department of Geoecology, http://orcid. org/0000-0001-7020-8219, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, 21st Line, d. 2, Russia, e-mail: mpash@spmi.ru;
Korotaeva A. E., postgraduated student of the department of Geoecology, http://orcid. org/0000-0002-0211-6782, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, 21st Line, d. 2, Russia, e-mail: s205056@stud.spmi.ru.

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