Tracing potential soil contamination in the historical Solvay soda ash plant area, Jaworzno, Southern Poland

Tracing potential soil contamination in the historical Solvay soda ash plant area, Jaworzno, Southern Poland

This study of soil conditions was carried out on 30 meadow soil (podzol) samples from the vicinity of the soda ash heap in Jaworzno, supplemented by analyses of 18 samples of waste deposited on the heap. In all samples, the total content of macroelements (Ca and Na) and heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 187; no. 11; p. 704
Main Authors: Sutkowska, Katarzyna, Teper, Leslaw, Stania, Monika
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-11-2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Cadmium
Carbonates
Chemical elements
Chromium
Contamination
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Emission measurements
Enrichment
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Heavy metal content
Heavy metals
Industrial wastes
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Poland
Pollutants
Scientific imaging
Sodium carbonate
Soil - chemistry
Soil contamination
Soil environment
Soil Pollutants - analysis
Soil pollution
Soil profiles
Soil sciences
Spectrometry
Studies
Vertical distribution
Waste materials
Zinc
Poland
Waste
Heavy metals
Soda ash
Soil contamination
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Summary:This study of soil conditions was carried out on 30 meadow soil (podzol) samples from the vicinity of the soda ash heap in Jaworzno, supplemented by analyses of 18 samples of waste deposited on the heap. In all samples, the total content of macroelements (Ca and Na) and heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn) as well as pH were analysed. The element concentrations were measured using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The materials examined were neutral to ultra-alkaline. Total accumulations (mg kg −1 ) of chemical elements in the soil vary from 130.24 to 14076.67 for Ca, 41.40–926.23 for Na, 0.03–3.34 for Cd, 0.94–103.62 for Cr, 0.94–35.89 for Ni, 3.51–76.47 for Pb and 12.05–279.13 for Zn, whereas quantities of the same elements in the waste samples vary from 171705.13 to 360487.94 for Ca, 517.64–3152.82 for Na, 0.2–9.89 for Cd, 1.16–20.40 for Cr, 1.08–9.79 for Ni, 0.1–146.05 for Pb and 10.26–552.35 for Zn. The vertical distribution of the metals was determined in each soil profile. Despite enrichment of heavy metals in the uppermost horizon on the top of the heap, the results lead to the conclusion that the relation of historical production of soda ash in Jaworzno to current contamination of the local soil environment is insignificant.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-015-4930-7