Table 11.1 (continued)
S. no. Location
Water system Source(s)
Concentrations
(μg/L)
Reference
(s)
Cd: 9.0–13.0
Pb: 5.0–8.0
10
Faridpur district,
central
Bangladesh
Groundwater Rock-water interaction
Surface runoff
Agriculture
fertilizers
As: 8.00–
1460.0
Fe: 52.0–
19600.0
Mn: 0.04–4.23
Ni: 1.10–18.80
Pb: 0.02–28.60
Zn: 2.0–58.0
BodrudDoza et al.
(2016)
11
Langmaoshan,
Wohushan,
Jinxiuchuan,
Queshan, and
Yuqing reservoirs, northern
China
Surface water Atmospheric sedimentation
Coal burning
Domestic discharge
Agricultural
activities
As: 0.10–5.40
Hg: 0.02–0.50
Cd: 0.30–0.60
Cr: 2.00–34.00
Se: 0.10–0.90
Pb: 0.50–2.50
Hou et al.
(2016)
12
Nile River,
Egypt
Surface water Agricultural runoff
Industrial and
municipal wastes
Fe: 199.0–
2211.0
Mn: 30.0–
298.0
Zn: 10.0–115.0
Ni: 1.0–33.10
Cu: 10.0–50.5
Pb: 5.0–51.40
Cd: 0.20–7.90
Abdel-Satar
et al. (2017)
13
Aksu River and
tributaries,
Antalya basin,
southwest
Turkey
Surface water Water-rock interaction
Wastewater discharge from the
leather industry
and marble factories
Domestic wastewater
Agricultural
runoff
Pb: 1.0–3.4
Cr: 1.0–19.2
Mn: 2.0–143.8
Şener et al.
(2017)
14
Huaihe River,
Anhui, China
Surface water Anthropogenic
activities and
industrial wastes
Coal combustion
Vehicle exhaust
Agrochemicals
Weathered rocks
and crustal
materials
Cu: 1.07–
315.11
Pb: 3.25–
1165.42
Zn: 1.36–
183529.44
Ni: 2.01–
199.08
Co: 2.00–
170.92
Cr: 1.13–
Wang et al.
(2017)
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