Assessment of ambient air quality around mines, in buffer zone and along ore transportation routes in iron ore mining region of Goa: emphasis on spatial distributions and seasonal variations

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurdeep Singh ◽  
Atahar Perwez
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Spatial Distributions ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
Transportation Routes

scholarly journals Depreciation in Ambient Air Quality in Iron Ore Mining Region of Goa

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurdeep Singh ◽  
Atahar Perwez
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
Transportation Routes ◽  
The Impact

Goa is one of the most famous international tourist destinations of the world. Export of Iron ore extracted from the midland of Goa is a major economic activity. However, there is a serious concern of air pollution due to iron ore mining activities. In order to assess the impact of mining activities on the environmental regime, the air quality depreciation index was adopted for this study due to its realistic and meaningful presentation of deterioration in ambient air quality. The index had been applied to the ambient air quality monitoring results of thirty four locations in the iron ore mining region of Goa. To envisage upon the deterioration in air quality due to various activities, eight stations were selected around mines, twelve in the buffer zone (within 4 Km radius of the core mining activities) and fourteen along the ore transportation routes for monitoring of SPM, PM10, SO2 and NOX. The deterioration of air quality in the iron ore mining region of Goa is clearly apparent as the depreciation in air quality was found < -1 from the most desired value of 0 at all the stations. In general, the air quality was found most depreciated along the ore transportation routes, which is also evidenced by a considerable load of particulate matters observed. This infers that ore transportation is the most devastating activity in the iron ore mining region of Goa and accordingly mitigation plan should be adopted.

Ambient Air Quality of Faisalabad with Relevance to the Seasonal Variations

MAPAN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-426
Author(s):  
Amtul Bari Tabinda ◽  
Qaiser Habib ◽  
Abdullah Yasar ◽  
Rizwan Rasheed ◽  
Adeel Mahmood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Quality

scholarly journals Investigation of Impacts of Mining and Transportation Activities on Ambient Air Quality of Dhanbad City

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1022-1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridevi Jena ◽  
Atahar Perwez ◽  
Gurdeep Singh ◽  
Ashok Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Significant Seasonal Variation ◽  
Transportation Routes ◽  
The Impact

The present study was intended to emphasize the assessment of ambient air quality of Dhanbad city with respect to PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NOX concentrations, in order to investigate the impact of mining and transportation activities. From the monitoring and analysis at four selected monitoring stations during winter and summer seasons, significant spatial variation in pollutant (PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NOX) concentrations is quite evident. The concentrations of PM10 were observed highest in mining area (at Dhansar PS; 291 µg/m3), whereas the PM2.5 the concentrations were observed higher along traffic routes (especially, at Bank More; 218 µg/m3). Higher concentratios of PM10 in mining area indicates the substantial impact of dust emanated from mining and associated activities on air quality. Whereas, the higher PM2.5 concentration along the transportation routes shows the influence of transportation activities on the airshed of the area. The significant seasonal variation in pollution levels is also apparent, as the concentrations of every pollutant were observed higher during the winter, than the summer season, at all sites. The mean concentration levels of PM10 and PM2.5 were observed 267 µg/m3, 173 µg/m3 and 234 µg/m3, 108 µg/m3 during winter and summer seasons, respectively. From the calculated values of air quality index, it is evident that Dhansar PS and Bank More are most polluted sites and PM10 is the most alarming pollutant in the area under investigation.

Application of Electron Optics to Characterization of Particulate Pollutants

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 364-365
Author(s):  
J. B. Moran ◽  
J. L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Fuel Additives ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Emission Standards ◽  
Stationary Sources ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 provide the basis for a dramatic change in Federal air quality programs. The Act establishes new standards for motor vehicles and requires EPA to establish national ambient air quality standards, standards of performance for new stationary sources of pollution, and standards for stationary sources emitting hazardous substances. Further, it establishes procedures which allow states to set emission standards for existing sources in order to achieve national ambient air quality standards. The Act also permits the Administrator of EPA to register fuels and fuel additives and to regulate the use of motor vehicle fuels or fuel additives which pose a hazard to public health or welfare.National air quality standards for particulate matter have been established. Asbestos, mercury, and beryllium have been designated as hazardous air pollutants for which Federal emission standards have been proposed.

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