Estuary Sediment Treatment for Reducing Sulfate in Acid Mine Water DOI: 10.32526/ennrj.18.2.2020.18
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Feb 18, 2020
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Acid mine water Bioremediation Estuary sediment Sulfate-reducing bacterial Sulfate
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Acid mine water causes environmental problems due to its high acidity caused by its high sulfate content which can disturb the life of organisms. This problem can be resolved by utilizing sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) abundantly found in sediments. The purpose of this research is to study the use of estuary sediments as a source of SRB inoculums to reduce sulfate in acid mine water. The bioremediation treatment of acid mine water is carried out in a column bioreactor, with treatment T1 comprising of sediment and compost, and then comparing it to treatments T2 of sediment, T3 of compost, and T4 as the control treatment of only acid mine water. Results show that treatment T1 was able to reduce sulfate concentrations by 78%, compared to T2 by 56%, T3 by 21% and T4 by 5%. The reduction of sulfate was followed by increases in pH where T1 reached a pH value of 7.1, compared to treatments T2 and T3 which had pH values less than 5.5, whereas treatment T4 had a pH of 2.2. The reduced sulfate and increased pH was also followed by an increase of SRB growth, especially in T1. Estuary sediments as a source of SRB inoculums can be used in the bioremediation of acid mine water by adding compost to maximize the process of sulfate reduction and pH increase.
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Fahruddin, F. ., Abdullah, A. ., Nurhaedar, N., & La Nafie, N. . (2020). Estuary Sediment Treatment for Reducing Sulfate in Acid Mine Water: DOI: 10.32526/ennrj.18.2.2020.18. Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 18(2), 191–199. Retrieved from https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ennrj/article/view/239889
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2. Afriyie-Debrah C, Obiri-Danso K, Ephraim JH. Effect of acid mine drainage on creeks or streams in a mining community in Ghana and treatment options. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 2010;1(5):399-403.
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6. Burgos WD, Borch T, Troyer LD, Luan F, Larson LN, Brown JF, Lambson J, Shimizu M. Schwertmannite and Fe oxides formed by biological low-pH Fe(II) oxidation versus abiotic neutralization: Impact on trace metal sequestration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2012;76:29-44.
7. Cheong YW, Bidus KD, Arup R, Jayanta B. Performance of a SAPS-based chemo-bioreactor treating acid mine drainage using low-DOC spent mushroom compost, and limestone as substrate. Mine Water and the Environment 2010;29:217-24
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44. Zhang M, Wang H. Organic wastes as carbon sources to promote sulfate reducing bacterial activity for biological remediation of acid mine drainage. Minerals Engineering 2014;69:81-90.
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