Simulating arsenic discharge flux at a relic smelting site in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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Anthropogenic groundwater arsenic (As) pollution is common in many aquifers in Southwest China. It is concerned that long-term random disposal of As smelting slag could induce the transport of high-As groundwater into previously uncontaminated aquifers. Here, we used HELP-MODFLOW-MT3DMS model simulations to integrate the percolation, groundwater flow, and solute transport processes at an aquifer at site scale, constrained by weather, hydrogeology, and monitoring data. Our simulations provide a new method framework of the simulated percolation by HELP model and have induced As spatiotemporal distribution in the aquifer. According to the HELP model simulation results, percolation volume accounts for 24% of rainfall over 18 years. This work determined that the As discharge trend was fitted by double-constants kinetics based on the leaching experiment. And this work calculates total mass distribution of As in the aquifer over 18 years. We have found that the sustained As pollution relies on the rainfall that acts as the primary contributor of elevated As concentrations. Model simulation results suggest that 51.70% of the total As mass (1.96 × 104 kg) was fixed in low permeability solid media. The total As mass discharged into groundwater reached 9.3 × 103 kg, accounting for 24.68%. The accumulative outflow mass of arsenic was 8.0 × 103 kg, accounting for 21.62%.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Environmental science and pollution research international - 31(2024), 8 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 12094-12111

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Zhenzhong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fengyan [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Guoliang [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arsenic
As discharged flux
As smelting slag
Journal Article
Mass distribution
N712M78A8G
Numerical simulation
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 16.02.2024

Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11356-023-31695-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367160455