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Title: Status of Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments of Canals and Rivers around the Dhaka City of Bangladesh and their Subsequent Transfer to Crops
Authors: Jamal Uddin, Md
Parveen, Zakia
Hossain, Md Faruque
Keywords: wastewater, heavy metals, soil, plant, sediment
Issue Date: 19-Dec-2016
Publisher: MedCrave Group
Citation: Uddin MJ, Parveen Z, Hossain MF. Status of heavy metals in water and sediments of canals and rivers around the Dhaka city of Bangladesh and their subsequent transfer to crops. Adv Plants Agric Res. 2016;5(4):593-601. DOI: 10.15406/apar.2016.05.00189
Abstract: The study was carried out to observe the present status of heavy metals in water, sediment, soil and plant in the Tejgaon-Rampura-Shitalakhya water channel and the adjacent areas of the Dhaka city as well as to evaluate the heavy metal transfer in the water-soil-plant systems. Water, sediment, soil and plant samples were analyzed to know about lead, cadmium, copper and zinc contents. The findings show that heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, soil and plant in the study area had the trend: Tejgaon Khal>Rampura canal>Shitalakhya river. Different water quality parameters such as pH, DO, BOD, COD, TDS, and NH3 shows that most of the values are higher than the DoE (Bangladesh) recommended irrigation water standards. The heavy metal concentrations in water varies and are well below the recommended values except for Cd and the trend follow the order Pb>Cd>Zn>Cu. The concentrations of the investigated heavy metals in sediment samples are found higher than the USEPA recommended sediment standards and follow the trend Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd. Similar trends are observed for the heavy metals in soil. The accumulation of heavy metals in plants followed the trend Zn>Pb>Cu>Cd in the Tejgaon and Rampura area while the trend are Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd in plants from Shitalakhya. In most of the cases the results of the tested parameters shows significant variations (at 1% level) from Tejgaon river samples with others.
URI: http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/737
ISSN: 2373-6402
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