WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS FROM A MINING AREA. CASE STUDY: TARGU OCNA SALT MINE, ROMANIA

Abstract

To resolve the water source quality problems for different water demand it is very important to establish in each zone the water sources (surface or/and groundwater) and the main source of pollution for these. By a continuous or periodical water quality monitoring, in industrial zone, can be avoided the major risks of environmental pollution and human health negative implications. The salt load and the specific salt composition, differing from natural rivers from a common area compared with surface water from a salt mining zone. The present paper aims to establish some surface and groundwater quality analysis parameters from an industrial area. The present study is focused on the Targu Ocna mining area, with salt extraction activities and the quality analyzed rivers were Trotus, Slanic, Valcica, two drilling and a fountain. In this sense, were measured 12 water quality parameters, some values were obtained in situ with portable equipment s and other parameters were determined in the research laboratory.