GEOCHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS OF METAL CONTENT IN SNOW WATER AND SURFACE WATERS OF THE BAZAIKHA RIVER BASIN (KRASNOYARSK KRAI)
T.P. Spitsyna1, O.V. Taseiko1,2
1Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2Krasnoyarsk Branch, Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Keywords: geochemical analysis, snow cover, Krasnoyarsk, heavy metals, total pollution indicator, anthropogenic changes
Abstract
This paper presents results from determining the soluble and total forms of metals in natural environments of the Bazaikha river basin in the Krasnoyarsk agglomeration. It was found that the copper, aluminum and zinc concentrations in snow water filtrate exceeded the ecological standards for fishery waters. According to the increase in the proportion versus the background, the water-soluble forms of heavy metals in snow cover were arranged in the following series: Mn (1.14 mg/kg) < Cu (1.79) < Ni (2.38) < Al (3.25) < Fe (4.20) < Zn (4.46) < Sr (5.71 mg/kg). The content of mineral fraction in solid precipitate suggests a predominance of zinc-nickel-strontium aerotechnogenic pollution of snow cover as compared with the background. According to the increase in the mean concentration of metals, the mineral form of elements in solid precipitate were arranged in the following series: Cu (20.1 mg/kg) < Ni (46.8) < Sr (277.6) < Zn (386.6) < Mn (752.5) < Al (7457.7) < Fe (14 881.7 mg/kg). It was established that the concentration of copper and aluminum in the surface waters of the Bazaikha river exceeds ecological standards for fishery waters. In the order of increasing the mean content of water-soluble forms of metals in the surface waters of the river, the following sequence is obtained: Mn (0.001 mg/dm3) = Cu (0.001) < Sr (0.085) < Al (0.090) < Fe (0.091 mg/dm3), while in the order of increasing the mean concentrations of suspended forms of metals the sequence is arranged thus: Cu (0.002 mg/dm3) < < Mn (0.010) < Sr (0.132) < Fe (0.483) < Al (0.608 mg/dm3). It is concluded that most of the elements are transported by the river in the suspended runoff, which is characteristic for manganese, aluminum and iron. Almost 50 % of strontium and copper compounds in such redox conditions migrate in the water-soluble form. Geochemical coefficients as calculated from results of analyzing the collected samples show that in conditions of the Bazaikha rivershed there is a low degree of involvement of the metal masses under investigation in water migration processes.
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