Study on Environmental Risk Assessment and Control Countermeasures of Tailings pond in a Mountainous Area of North China

Abstract

Abstract The safety and environmental accidents of the tailings pond are likely to cause pollution of surrounding soil and water bodies, and endanger the safety of life and production of surrounding residents. In this study, the analytic hierarchy process (ahp) was used to score environmental sensitivity and control mechanism reliability of tailings ponds. The environmental risk rating model was used to characterize the environmental risk rating of tailings pond. The risk level characterization and evaluation results show that the four tailings ponds were general risks to downstream residents and the environment. Suggestions on environmental risk control of the upstream tailings pond were put forward.