Determination of the Concentrations of Some Trace Elements (Uranium, Arsenic, Beryllium, and Vanadium) in Water and Sediments of Shatt Al-Arab River- Southern Iraq

Abstract

The current study included two sites in the middle part of Shatt Al-Arab-Southern Iraq (Al-Ashar and Al-Deir sites), the concentrations of trace elements which represented by Uranium, Arsenic, Beryllium and Vanadium were measured in water and sediments of four seasons from autumn 2018 to summer 2019 . The concentrations of trace elements showed variations at the level of significance in the water and sediments, Uranium recorded its highest concentration in the study water (6.1 µg/l) at the spring of Al-Deir site. While its highest concentrations in sediments reached (2.4 µg/g) at Al-Ashar site, moreover the highest concentration of Arsenic in water was (4.2 µg/l) at autumn of Al-Deir site and (6.1 µg/g) for sediments at Al-Ashar site ,as well as the concentration of Beryllium was below the detection limit (BDL) in water , while its highest concentration in sediments was recorded (1.1µg/g) as well as the highest concentration of Vanadium was (8.4 µg / l) in water and (87µg/g) in sediments.