ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Contrasting Spectroscopic Characterization
and Environmental Behavior of Dissolved Organic
Matter in Shallow and Deep Mine Water
of Shendong Mining Area, China
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State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China
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North China Institute of Science and Technology, Hebei, 065201, P.R. China
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Key Laboratory of Mine Water Resource Utilization of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Suzhou University,
Anhui, 234000, P.R. China
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Liaoning Metallurgical Geological Exploration Research Institute Co., LTD, Anshan, 114038, P.R. China
Submission date: 2023-03-24
Final revision date: 2023-04-28
Acceptance date: 2023-05-04
Online publication date: 2023-06-29
Publication date: 2023-08-11
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(5):4011-4022
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ABSTRACT
Underground reservoirs have been widely used to facilitate mine water storage in the Shendong
mining area. Unfortunately, problems with suspended matter and soluble pollutants in underground
reservoir water have occurred. However, as indicators of the mine water environment, the
spectroscopic characteristics, geochemical sources of dissolved organic matter (DOM), and influence
on the hydrochemistry of mine water remain unclear. In this study, DOM concentration was revealed
in the mine water of Shendong mining area, ranging from 0.12 mg/L to 4.90 mg/L, with a mean value
of 0.93 mg/L. EEM-PARAFAC models and spectral parameter analysis identified autochthonous
components and terrestrial substances that dominated shallow and deep mine water DOM, respectively.
Compared with shallow mine water, DOM had lower degrees of humification and more freshly
terrestrial substances with higher biological index (BIX), and humification index (HIX), lower E2/E3
ratio, and a254 values in deep mine water owing to emulsion oil leakage. The DOM spectral parameters
were helpful in conveniently monitoring the change in mine water quality (total dissolved solids (TDS)
and total nitrogen (TN)) by significant correlation.