Arsenic Contamination, Water Toxicity, Source Apportionment, and Potential Health Risk in Groundwater of Jhelum Basin, Punjab, Pakistan

Ullah, Zahid; Rashid, Abdur; Ghani, Junaid; Talib, Muhammad Afnan; Shahab, Asfandyar; Lu, Lun

doi:10.1007/s12011-022-03139-0

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“…The results indicated that the concentrations of sulfate, chloride, and hardness exceeded the WHO guideline values (WHO, 2011). Chloride levels were high in all samples, especially in the downslope area near the dumpsite, which may be attributed to the discharge of domestic effluent, livestock waste, plastic, paper waste, and septic tank effluents (Mor et al, 2006;Ullah et al, 2023). Most samples had sulfate concentrations below the permissible limit of 250 mg/L, with only two samples exceeding the limit, but the considerable thing is that the concentration of sulfate is high in the downstream areas.…”

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Hydrogeochemical appraisal, groundwater quality, and health risks through potential toxic elements around municipal solid waste dumpsite Peshawar, Pakistan

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Khan,

Khattak

et al. 2024

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This study evaluates groundwater quality, and management tools in the vicinity of the Chowa-Gujjar dumpsite around Bara River, Peshawar, Pakistan. Therefore, groundwater samples (n = 30) were collected to investigate physicochemical and potential toxic elements (PTEs), to assess the distribution patterns and potential health risks. The findings of this study indicate that the dumpsite serves as the principal contributor for groundwater contaminants such as Mn, Co, Cu, Na, K, Fe, Zn, Ni, and Pb. Groundwater type shows mixed Ca-Mg-Cl2 and NaCl type representing reverse ion exchange and dissolution of evaporite minerals in the area. Hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis (HACA) identified three clusters determining lowest pollution 33.3%, moderate pollution 43.3%, and severe pollution cluster accounting 13.4% contribution. Thus, cluster C3 showed potential vulnerability and caused health concerns in the residents. The principal component analysis (PCA) analysis indicated that groundwater contamination was attributed to geogenic, anthropogenic and mixed sources. But, PMF-model suggested five factors solutions to treat groundwater contamination I the study area. The fitting results of PMF-model was found better and accurate compared to PCA. Thus, PMF-model showed leaching of solid waste, industrial waste, geochemical processes, surface runoff, and agriculture practices to be major contamination sources. Groundwater quality indexing (GWQI) is used to assess groundwater quality and its suitability for domestic purposes. Here, GWQI reflected low pollution and medium risk for Cr, Pb, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Ca in the groundwater. Here, human health risks showed that children are more susceptible to contamination than adults in the area. The results of this study help minimize groundwater contamination by employing sustainable water management tools.

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Hydrogeochemical appraisal, groundwater quality, and health risks through potential toxic elements around municipal solid waste dumpsite Peshawar, Pakistan

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Khattak

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“…There are more than one million private tube wells in the country, of which 3.8% are in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 6.4% in Sindh, 4.8% in Baluchistan and more than 80% in Punjab, with a total groundwater abstraction of about 60 billion m 3 per year (Qureshi, 2020). Unregulated groundwater abstraction, unsustainable pumping, agricultural irrigation and increasing water demands in urban areas result in fluctuating groundwater levels and generally impact the water quality of the aquifers of the Indus plain (Rasheed et al, 2022;Ullah et al, 2022).…”

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Monitoring and prediction of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater in Pakistan

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Podgorski

Sadiq

et al. 2022

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Human and environmental contaminants are composed of all forms of ionic species, which have agglomerated into cationic and anionic contaminants, some of which are highly essential such as; Ca 2+ , K + , Ag + , Na + , Co 2+ , Fe 2+ , Fe 3+ and Mg 2+ but harmful at excessive exposure or ingestion to humans. However, some ions are very toxic, even at low concentrations, like Pb 2+ , Hg 2+ , Cd 2+ if ingested beyond permissible limits (Ullah et al, 2022). Untamed exposure to these ions, especially Ag + , could lead to debilitating diseases such as agyria on the skin, due to long use of Ag protein (Pradipta and Irunsah, 2022), agyrosis in the eye and colour change in nails (Krassnig et.…”

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Synthesis, Characterization and Application of a Ferrocenyl Azo-Based Ligand as Ag+- Detector in an Aqueous System

Adesoji,

Shotonwa

2024

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Over the years, humans and the environment have been exposed to various toxic ionic species that emanated, majorly, from anthropogenic sources. In this study, a new ferrocenyl-azo based chemosensor, ferrocenyl 1-(2-phenylazo)-2-naphtholate (FPN) for the determination of silver ions was developed via catalytic reduction and diazotization routes. The structural features were confirmed by spectroscopic methods involving proton NMR, GC/MS and FTIR. Having exposed the product to different metal solutions, Ag+ was distinctively recognized, revealing FPN as an effective and sensitive chemosensor. The binding behavior of FPN towards the sensitive silver ion was investigated using Job’s plot, and a metal:ligand ratio of 1:1 was revealed. The study showed a bathochromic shift and a new peak band was observed at 275 nm in the absorption spectra of FPN. The absorption experiments demonstrate that FPN as a rapid and reliable sensor capable of determining silver and ferric ions. Therefore, ferrocenyl 1-(2-phenylazo)-2-naphtholate ligand is highly recommended as an alternative route in detecting silver ions in both organic and aqueous media.

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Arsenic Contamination, Water Toxicity, Source Apportionment, and Potential Health Risk in Groundwater of Jhelum Basin, Punjab, Pakistan

Cited by 17 publications

References 56 publications

Hydrogeochemical appraisal, groundwater quality, and health risks through potential toxic elements around municipal solid waste dumpsite Peshawar, Pakistan

Hydrogeochemical appraisal, groundwater quality, and health risks through potential toxic elements around municipal solid waste dumpsite Peshawar, Pakistan

Monitoring and prediction of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater in Pakistan

Synthesis, Characterization and Application of a Ferrocenyl Azo-Based Ligand as Ag+- Detector in an Aqueous System

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