ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SUMY CHP ON SOIL

Leonid Pliatsuk, Larysa Hurets, Hanna Miakaieva, Oleksandr Miakaiev

Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine. e-mail: plyacuk@teko.sumy.ua

Received: 23.03.2017

© Pliatsuk L., Hurets L., Miakaieva H., Miakaiev O., 2017

Abstract. The paper presents assessment of the impact of Sumy CHP when pollutants come into soils with atmospheric precipitation and filtration from the area of the ash and slug dump. Samples of snow were tested for the content of heavy metals and ash particles. Soil samples were tested for the content of heavy metals. The conducted research showed a high degree of soil contamination in the area of Sumy CHP influence.

Keywords: thermal power plant, ash and slug dump, soil, snow cover, heavy metals.

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