About the Authors

Litang Hu

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

litanghu@bnu.edu.cn (LH); fany@enfi.com.cn (YF)

Affiliations College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China

Menglin Zhang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China

Zhengqiu Yang

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China

Yong Fan

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

litanghu@bnu.edu.cn (LH); fany@enfi.com.cn (YF)

Affiliation China ENFI Engineering Corporation, Beijing, P.R. China

Jixiu Li

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd, Beijing Road, Jinchuan District, Jinchang City, Gansu Province, P.R. China

Hongliang Wang

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations North China Engineering Investigation Institute Co., Ltd., Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, P.R. China, Technological Innovation Center for Mine Groundwater Safety of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, P.R. China

Celestin Lubale

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Ruashi Mining SAS, Ruashi Mine Site, Lubumbashi, Lualaba, The Democratic Republic of Congo

Competing Interests

YF is affiliated with China ENFI Engineering Corporation, JL is affiliated with Jinchuan Group Ltd, HW is affiliated with North China Engineering Investigation Institute Co., Ltd, and CL is affiliated with Ruashi Mining SAS. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials