Risk assessment using ICP-MS of heavy metals in groundwater in Upper Egypt

Abstract: It is of great importance to assess the pollution of groundwater as it makes up about twenty percent of the world’s freshwater supply. Environmental laws in Egypt are correlated with protecting water resources from contamination and generally set the maximum limits for the concentration of different hazardous components in wastewater before it is discharged to sea water, rivers, groundwater and the public sewer system. Groundwater from Samalout, Al Minya governorate, Egypt, is studied by analysing its heavy metal content using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Furthermore, the obtained heavy metal concentrations are compared with permissible limits set by environmental organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA). Comparing the heavy metal concentrations with the groundwater in question clearly demonstrated that the water in this resource should not be directly used for drinking and req.... https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/JNRD/article/view/713

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Risk assessment using ICP-MS of heavy metals in groundwater in Upper Egypt ; volume:5 ; year:2015 ; Journal of natural resources and development ; 5 (2015)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Bassioni, Ghada ; Ashraf, Kirollos ; Abd Elhameed, Amr

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.5027/jnrd.v5i0.09
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022053112011032310277
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:37 MESZ