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The disposal on land of solid wastes from either mining or dredging operations may result in contamination of the surrounding aquatic environment. Percolation of rainwater through dumps can leach out undesirable inorganic solutes (such as heavy metals), harmful organic compounds or generate high levels of particulates which give rise to turbidity. In particular, activity of bacterial species from the genus Thiobacillus may result in the oxidation of any pyrite present and lead to the production of sulphuric acid (Lundgren et al. 1972) which not only poses a problem in its own right but can also greatly accelerate the mobilisation of heavy metals. The leachate containing these compounds may drain into nearby watercourses, damaging them ecologically and greatly reducing their value as a resource. Once in the streams the various compounds can be transported (and their undesirable effects persist) for considerable distances downstream.
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Chapman, B.M., Jones, D.R., Jung, R.F. (1988). Heavy Metal Transport in Streams-Field Release Experiments. In: Salomons, W., Förstner, U. (eds) Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72924-9_12
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