Water quality of streams associated with artisanal gold mining; Suárez, Department of Cauca, Colombia

Gold mining is one of the major problems of contamination of hydric resources in Colombia, this practice generates a high impact on water quality due to the accumulation of waste during its process. In this study water quality was evaluated in five natural stream beds corresponding to four streams w...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Gallo Corredor, Edier Humberto Pérez, Ricardo Figueroa, Apolinar Figueroa Casas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021011506