
Assessment of heavy metals absorbed to suspended solids in runoff of Bojnourd urban watershed | ||
مهندسی و مدیریت آبخیز | ||
Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2021, Pages 245-254 PDF (1.09 M) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.22092/ijwmse.2020.114973.1340 | ||
Authors | ||
hasan izanloo1; kaka shahedi* 2; karim solaimani3 | ||
1Department of Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran | ||
2Associate Professor of Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University | ||
3Professor of Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
Abstract | ||
Assessment of metals absorbed to suspended solids in urban floods, allows managers to take measures to improve the quality of the urban environment. This article examines the changes in the concentration of heavy metals such as lead, zinc and copper in suspended load of runoff from the Bojnourd urban watershed in autumn and spring seasons. For this reason, 52 samples were collected. After preparing the samples, separation of suspended sediment using the Whatman filter paper and then weighing the amount of sediment in runoff, using atomic absorption, the amount of heavy metals dissolved in runoff and heavy metals absorbed to suspended solids in runoff were measured in terms of ppb. The results showed that the amount of suspended sediment weight is higher in spring than autumn. Results indicated that the maximum concentration of insoluble heavy metals and attached to sediments is more than soluble heavy metals in runoff. On the other hand, the results revealed that the mean maximum concentration of zinc and copper, except lead attached to sediments, is higher in the spring than autumn and the spatial concentration of zinc and copper in samples of runoff suspended sediments from Sandalabad Stream (FC3S) is higher. While on the lead, concentration for the samples taken from the runoff pathways and drainage network (FB2S) was higher. However, the difference in location of data for heavy metals absorbed to suspended sediments is not statistically significant. The Pearson correlation test results showed that there is a positive but low correlation between lead and zinc (r =0.166) in the autumn and the lead and copper (r=0.271) in the spring. Significance of this correlation is certified using hierarchical cluster analysis method. | ||
Keywords | ||
Cluster analysis; Heavy metals; Pearson correlation; Suspended solids; Urban flood | ||
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