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INVESTIGATION OF HEAVY METALS IN MAIN WASTEWATER
Abstract
Heavy metals in wastewater are quite important because of being toxic effect for public health. Wastewaters that contain heavy metals are generally caused by industries discharged, either after primary treatment or even no-treatment farmers in Konya use wastewater for irrigation that discharged into canal. This causes soil pollution also decreases plant quality. Heavy metals can reach to humans and animals and causes toxic effects through food-chain. The aim of this study is determining heavy metal accumulation on soils and plants that were irrigated by Konya main sewage system waters. Water and soil samples have been taken and heavy metal concentration analysed for six months time period and three months for plant samples. As the result of this study, heavy metal concentration in soil was higher than canal water. Heavy metal concentrations in wheat dose not reach to toxic affect level.
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