Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources

Coal is the dominant source of electricity in the world and in Serbia. Coal mining has multiple adverse impacts on water resources including: alterations in the hydrological regime (cutoff or watercourse displacement), alterations in the hydrogeological regime (lowering of groundwater levels and yie...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maričić Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade 2024-01-01
Series:Zaštita prirode
Subjects:
Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0514-5899/2024/0514-58992402001M.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850044385209614336
author Maričić Tamara
author_facet Maričić Tamara
author_sort Maričić Tamara
collection DOAJ
description Coal is the dominant source of electricity in the world and in Serbia. Coal mining has multiple adverse impacts on water resources including: alterations in the hydrological regime (cutoff or watercourse displacement), alterations in the hydrogeological regime (lowering of groundwater levels and yields of the surrounding aquifers) and deterioration of the underground and surface waters quality (pollution due to infiltration or direct inflow of polluted mine water). These impacts can be direct and indirect, primary, secondary and extraordinary. Special attention should be paid to rehabilitation and remediation of mines upon their closure, as well as to the monitoring of the quality of surrounding water bodies. In addition to the analysis of various aspects of the impact of coal mining on water resources, this paper deals with the possible protection measures that need to be applied in order to prevent or reduce the expected negative impacts of exploitation. Certain examples of coal mines in Serbia have also been discussed.
format Article
id doaj-art-a76ec78583b44d26bf66bd5cffb25887
institution DOAJ
issn 0514-5899
2620-0465
language English
publishDate 2024-01-01
publisher Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade
record_format Article
series Zaštita prirode
spelling doaj-art-a76ec78583b44d26bf66bd5cffb258872025-08-20T02:54:58ZengInstitute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, BelgradeZaštita prirode0514-58992620-04652024-01-0174211210.5937/ZasPri2402001M0514-58992402001MContribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resourcesMaričić Tamara0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-5065Institut za arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, Beograd, SerbiaCoal is the dominant source of electricity in the world and in Serbia. Coal mining has multiple adverse impacts on water resources including: alterations in the hydrological regime (cutoff or watercourse displacement), alterations in the hydrogeological regime (lowering of groundwater levels and yields of the surrounding aquifers) and deterioration of the underground and surface waters quality (pollution due to infiltration or direct inflow of polluted mine water). These impacts can be direct and indirect, primary, secondary and extraordinary. Special attention should be paid to rehabilitation and remediation of mines upon their closure, as well as to the monitoring of the quality of surrounding water bodies. In addition to the analysis of various aspects of the impact of coal mining on water resources, this paper deals with the possible protection measures that need to be applied in order to prevent or reduce the expected negative impacts of exploitation. Certain examples of coal mines in Serbia have also been discussed.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0514-5899/2024/0514-58992402001M.pdfminingcoalprotectionwater resourcesserbia
spellingShingle Maričić Tamara
Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
Zaštita prirode
mining
coal
protection
water resources
serbia
title Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
title_full Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
title_fullStr Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
title_full_unstemmed Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
title_short Contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
title_sort contribution to the understanding of the impact of coal mining on water resources
topic mining
coal
protection
water resources
serbia
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0514-5899/2024/0514-58992402001M.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT maricictamara contributiontotheunderstandingoftheimpactofcoalminingonwaterresources