Integrated approach of environmental impact and risk assessment of Rosia Montana Mining Area, Romania

被引：0

作者：

Lucrina Ştefănescu

Brînduşa Mihaela Robu

Alexandru Ozunu

机构：

[1] Babes-Bolyai University,

[2] Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering,undefined

[3] Research Centre for Disaster Management,undefined

[4] Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi,undefined

[5] Department of Environmental Engineering and Management,undefined

来源：

Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2013年 / 20卷

关键词：

Environmental pollution; Impact assessment; Risk assessment; Mining; Rosia Montana;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

The environmental impact assessment of mining sites represents nowadays a large interest topic in Romania. Historical pollution in the Rosia Montana mining area of Romania caused extensive damage to environmental media. This paper has two goals: to investigate the environmental pollution induced by mining activities in the Rosia Montana area and to quantify the environmental impacts and associated risks by means of an integrated approach. Thus, a new method was developed and applied for quantifying the impact of mining activities, taking account of the quality of environmental media in the mining area, and used as case study in the present paper. The associated risks are a function of the environmental impacts and the probability of their occurrence. The results show that the environmental impacts and quantified risks, based on quality indicators to characterize the environmental quality, are of a higher order, and thus measures for pollution remediation and control need to be considered in the investigated area. The conclusion drawn is that an integrated approach for the assessment of environmental impact and associated risks is a valuable and more objective method, and is an important tool that can be applied in the decision-making process for national authorities in the prioritization of emergency action.

引用

页码：7719 / 7727

页数：8

共 55 条

[1]

Baciu C(2007)The environmental impact of acid rock drainage Environ Prog 11 19-24

[2]

Bird G(2005)Heavy metal contamination in the Aries river catchment, western Romania: implications for development of the Rosia Montana gold deposit J Geochem Explor 86 26-48

[3]

Brewer PA(2006)Ten challenges for improved ecotoxicological testing in environmental risk assessment Ecotox Environ Safe 63 324-335

[4]

Macklin MG(2008)Environmental management: integrating ecological evaluation, remediation, restoration, natural resource damage assessment and long-term stewardship on contaminated lands Sci Total Environ 400 6-19

[5]

Serban M(2008)Environmental Evaluation Model for Water Resource Planning. Study case: Piabanha Hydrographic Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Revista Eletrônica do Prodema UFC 2 7-18

[6]

Balteanu D(2005)Water pollution in gold mining industry: a case study in Rosia Montana district, Romania Environ Geol 48 1132-1136

[7]

Driga B(2002)Environmental Pollution in the Aries River Catchment Basin. Case study: Rosia Montana Mining Exploitation Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Geologia 1 189-198

[8]

Breitholtz M(2000)A study of the pollution of the Aries River (Romania) using capillary electrophoresis as analytical technique Environ Geol 39 1372-1384

[9]

Rudén C(2005)The assessment of environmental impact and risk induced by mining activities in the Fundu Moldovei mining area Suceava county Environment & Progress 5 219-224

[10]

Hansson SO(2011)Influence of Rosia Poieni and Rosia Montana mining areas on the water quality of the Aries river Environ Eng Manag J 10 23-29

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 →