Filtration gravel
Filtration sand and gravel are used in a purification of potable water and a sewage treatment. The material used for these purposes is a specifically graded pure quartz gravel. The deposits of filtration gravel have been documented in the area of 2 Voviodeships – Pomorskie (Nowy Dwór deposit) and Śląskie (Panoszów deposit). Their total anticipated economic resources are equal 273 thousand tonnes (Table 1). The deposits have not been exploited so far.
The whole domestic demand for filtration sand and gravel is fully covered with the material recovered in the processing of ennobling the natural aggregates from deposits situated in Opolskie Voivodeship, foundry sands from the Opoczno area and glass sands from the vicinities of Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
The total amount of filtration gravel and sands recovered in 2018 from the natural aggregates deposit Racławiczki located in Opolskie Voivodeship amounted to 4,788.620 tonnes (including 2,484.475 tonnes of sands and 2,304.145 tonnes of gravel), from the foundry sands deposits in the vicinities of Opoczno to 35,040 tonnes and from the glass sands deposits in the vicinities of Tomaszów Mazowiecki to 17,494 tonnes of filtration gravel and 7,360 tonnes of special gravel.
Prepared by: Agnieszka Malon