The Study of Surface Water Quality in Buyuk Menderes River (Turkey): Determination of Anionic Detergent, Phosphate, Boron and Some Heavy Metal Contents

Abstract

The Buyuk Menderes basin is very wide and the people living here deal with farming, which increases the importance of the river to the region. The pollution of the river increases because the industry, urbanization and agricultural activities are very intense in the river basin. For this reason, the aim of this study is to map the extent of pollution of Buyuk Menderes River, to detect sources causing pollution in the river and also to suggest solutions for taking necessary precautions. Anionic detergent, phosphate, boron and heavy metal concentrations were determined in water samples taken from Buyuk Menderes River in this study. Mean concentrations of anionic detergent, phosphate, boron, copper, chrome, nickel and lead were found 0.2345 mg l -1 , 0.0181 mg l -1 , 0.8352 mg l -1 , 0.0035 mg l -1 , 0.0045 mg l -1 , 0.0247 mg l -1 , 0.0002 mg l -1 , respectively.

Distribution of some major and trace elements in the lower Sakarya River by using ICP-MS

“…Water, the most important natural resource in the world, has the unique property of dissolving and carrying in suspension a huge variety of chemicals; hence, water can easily become contaminated [7]. Among the inorganic contaminants of river water, heavy metals [8,9] are important because of their non-degradable nature. Although some papers on the assessment of water quality based on physico-chemical and biological parameters have been published [10,11] very little information is available about the status of heavy metal contamination of the river Sakarya.…”

Ecological and health risk assessment of potential toxic elements in surface sediments: Gediz River, Türkiye

“…According to our literature search, a few investigations on the occurrence of PTEs in surface sediments of Gediz River have been carried out in the past. On the other hand, these studies were limited to the lower basin areas of the river (Kindler & Sevim, 1990;Akçay et al, 2003;Parlak et al, 2006;Kucuksezgin et al, 2008;Şentürk & Yıldız, 2015;Eroğlu & Esenpınar, 2019) or only local areas such as Manisa City province (Minareci et al, 2009). The objectives of the current study were: (1) to determine the distribution and concentration of 18 PTEs in surface sediments sampled from 13 stations located from upper basins to lower basins of the Gediz River; (2) to nd out potential sources of PTEs by using multi-variable statistical techniques; (3) to assess comprehensively the ecological and health risks of PTEs.…”