Acid Sulphate Soil Disturbance and metals in groundwater: Implications for human exposure through home grown produce

Authors

Andrea L. Hinwood, Edith Cowan University
Pierre Horwitz, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Stephen J. Appleyard, Department of Environment
Caroline Barton, Edith Cowan University
Magda Wajrak, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Elsevier

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Natural Sciences

RAS ID

5338

Comments

Hinwood, A. , Horwitz, P. , Appleyard, S., Barton, C. , & Wajrak, M. (2006). Acid Sulphate Soil Disturbance and metals in groundwater: Implications for human exposure through home grown produce. Environmental Pollution, 143(1), 100-105. Available here.

Abstract

A significant emerging environmental problem is the disturbance and oxidation of soils with high levels of iron sulphide minerals resulting in acidification and causing the mobilization of metals into groundwater. This process is occurring in many parts of the world. In Western Australia, impacted groundwater is extracted by residents for domestic use. We sought to establish domestic use patterns of bore water and the concentration of metals. Sixty-seven domestic bore water samples clearly indicated oxidation of sulphidic materials with heavy metal concentrations ranging for aluminium (

DOI

10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.014