Monitoring of mercury and arsenic in water samples from proximity to abandoned cinnabar mine

conference paper

English

Concentrations of mercury and arsenic were monitored in water samples from the Záskalská water reservoir (Czech Republic) and its tributaries. The total mercury concentration in the reservoir ranged between 0.06-0.11 µg L-1 and in tributaries between 0.14-0.20 µg L-1. The effect of water erosion from abandoned cinnabar mine on mercury concentration in tributaries and reservoir was observed. The arsenic concentrations in water samples were between 0.21-0.54 µg L-1. The 98±10% of arsenic concentration in the water was determined as potentially bioavailable, whereas only 7-20% of the total mercury concentration in the water was determined as bioavailable using diffusive gradients in thin films technique.

Cinnabar mine; Heavy metal; Metal bioavailability; Water sample

Pelcová, P.; Smolíková, V.; Ridošková, A.; Hrachovinová, J.; Grmela, J.

18. 10. 2020

978-1-927877-74-6

5th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, CSEE 2020

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