Accidental water pollution risk analysis of mine tailings ponds in Guanting reservoir Watershed, Zhangjiakou city, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15269-15284

  Liu, Renzhi ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Zhijiao ^a,b   Borthwick, Alistair ^c,d   Zhang, Ke ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ZHENGZHOU INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Guanting Reservoir; Heavy metal; Mine tailings pond; Risk analysis; Water pollution; Watershed

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS; TAILINGS DAM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINE TAILINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAP; MINING; POND; PROCEDURES; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUANTING RESERVOIR; HEBEI; ZHANGJIAKOU;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PONDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84949309161     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121214983     Document Type: Article

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