Repository logo
 

Fate of heavy metals in Colorado waters and rivers

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBrennan, E. W., author
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, Willard Lyman, 1926-, author
dc.contributor.authorColorado Water Resources Research Institute, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialColorado
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:19:37Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:19:37Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionDecember 15, 1992.
dc.description.abstractReclamation of contaminated wetlands polluted by acid mine drainage will require a greater understanding of the interaction between contaminated waters and sediments. In high altitude meadows, continual flooding can maintain an anaerobic condition. Oxidized sediments showed an increase in zinc (Zn) and sulfur (S) concentration, compared to sediment-solution at initially taken from the site. The addition of acid mine water to sediments in a reducing environment had a significant effect on Zn concentrations. The additions of electrons from organic substrates lowered the concentration of Zn by approximately 10 fold. As expected, the deduction process also lowered redox and decreased total sulfur in solution. Zn sulfide precipitation was verified with the chemical speciation program, MINTEQA2.
dc.description.sponsorshipGrant no. 14-08-0001-2008, Project no. 07; financed in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute.
dc.format.mediumreports
dc.identifierCOMP168.pdf
dc.identifierCCRICWRI100022CRPT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/1026
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationWWDL
dc.relation.ispartofCompletion Reports
dc.relation.ispartofCompletion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute), no. 168
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.subject.lcshWater quality -- Colorado
dc.subject.lcshHeavy metals -- Environmental aspects
dc.subject.lcshAcid mine drainage -- Environmental aspects
dc.subject.lcshWetland ecology -- Colorado
dc.titleFate of heavy metals in Colorado waters and rivers
dc.typeText
dcterms.rights.dplaThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
COMP168.pdf
Size:
804.56 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Fate of heavy metals in Colorado waters and rivers
Download

Collections

Completion Reports