Assessment of Pollution Status of Soils and Vegetables Irrigated by Awash River and its Selected Tributaries

Tesfalem Belay and Tizazu H
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Tizazu H: Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute & Central Ethiopia Environment and Forest Research Center, Ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2019, vol. 18, issue 5, 163-168

Abstract: This assessment was done to determine the concentrations of Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb) and Manganese (Mn) in soil and vegetable (Spinach) samples collected in some farmlands irrigated with Awash River. Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer was used for analyzing heavy metal concentrations. The test results showed that in the soil samples, from five heavy (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, and Pb) metals Cr and Mn were detected in all the soil samples collected from farmlands in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Awash River Basin.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2019.18.556000

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