Sedimentation pattern and sediments bioavailability in a wastewater discharging area by sequential metal analysis |
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Authors: | Young-Tack Kwon Chan-Won Lee Byung-Young Ahn |
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Abstract: | Atomic absorption spectrometry was applied to investigate sedimentation pattern and sediments bioavailable phase (BAP) at 41 sites of a wastewater discharging area. The position of sampling sites was confirmed by the aid of a global positioning system (GPS). Contaminants discharged from a large wastewater plant are dispersed to the inner bay and the coastal line rather than the outer bay and the center waterway. The fractional composition of sediment Zn in the discharging area accounted for the presence of exchangeable 239 mg/kg (35.1%)>reducible 163 mg/kg (24.0%)>carbonate 149 mg/kg (22.0%)>residual 98 mg/kg (14.4%)>organic 31 mg/kg (4.6%) in sediment layers of 0–2 cm. However, the order was changed in layers of 15–20 cm as residual>reducible>organic>carbonate>exchangeable. The most abundant fraction of sediment Cu and Fe was organic Cu and residual Fe, respectively. The content of BAP in sediments are quite different with respect to metal species and sediment layer analyzed. It is obvious that sequential metal analysis is a useful tool in understanding dispersion of sediments and sedimentation patterns. |
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Keywords: | Sedimentation Waste water Metal species |
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