Ecological Assessment of the Current State of Environmental Components on the Territory of the Impact of Ccement Production Industry

• Main Authors: Alexey V. Strizhenok, Andrey V. Ivanov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2017-11-01
• Series: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Subjects: Pollution; environment; cement dust; cement production industry; degradation of vegetation; NDVI index; deposition of dust
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/jeeng/Ecological-assessment-of-the-current-state-of-environmental-components-on-the-territory,76850,0,2.html

Monitoring of state of the environmental components, exposed to influence of the enterprises of cement production, was the aim of conducted research. One of the largest factories of the production of cement in Russia, where the territory of negative impact has a total area of over 300 square kilometers, was the object of the study. The observations of the dust content in atmospheric air, as well as the determination of degradation degree of vegetation in the area of influence of the considered production facility were conducted. Chemical and granulometric composition of the cement dust, which is emitted in atmospheric air, were identified in the laboratory. Mapping model, which indicates the complex ecological welfare of the territory, exposed to the cement production industry, was compiled by the authors on the basis of the data, obtained in conducted research. The mapping model takes account both the content of dust in near-ground atmosphere, and the extent of its deposition to soil, vegetation and surface water bodies.