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=== Ajka alumina plant accident ===
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On October 4, 2010, the Ajka alumina plant in Hungary had an [[Ajka alumina plant accident|incident]] where the western dam of its red mud reservoir collapsed. The reservoir was filled with {{convert|700,000|m3|e6cuft|abbr=off}} of a mixture of red mud and water with a pH of 12. The mixture was released into the valley of Torna river and flooded parts of the city of Devecser and the villages of Kolontár and Somlóvásárhely. The incident resulted in 10 deaths, more than a hundred injuries, and contamination in lakes and rivers.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ruyters|first1=Stefan|last2=Mertens|first2=Jelle|last3=Vassilieva|first3=Elvira|last4=Dehandschutter|first4=Boris|last5=Poffijin|first5=Andre|last6=Smolders|first6=Erik|title=The Red Mud Accident in Ajka (Hungary): Plant Toxicity and Trace Metal Bioavailability in Red Mud Contaminated Soil|journal=Environmental Science & Technology|volume=45|issue=4|pages=1616–1622|doi=10.1021/es104000m|pmid=21204523|year=2011|bibcode=2011EnST...45.1616R|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/2692039/files/4367983.pdf}}</ref>