introduction: water shortage in arid and semiarid regions of the world is a cause of serious concerns. the severe water scarcity urges the reuse of treated wastewater effluent and marginal water as a resource for irrigation. mobarake steel complex has been using treated industrial wastewater for drip-irrigation of trees in about 1350 ha of its green space. however, wastewater may contain some a...

This study identifies the natural background, anthropogenic background and distribution of contamination caused by heavy metal pollutants in soil in Chunghua County of central Taiwan by using a finite mixture distribution model (FMDM). The probabilities of contaminated area distribution are mapped using single-variable indicator kriging and multiple-variable indicator kriging (MVIK) with the FM...

The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal Acknowledgements The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) provided funding for this review. The involvement of the project manager from the MPCA, Bruce Wilson, was greatly appreciated. Executive Summary Recently, there has been an increased interest in the use of infiltration as a method of managing st...

Industrial activities and high traffic density are the most important heavy metal pollution sources in urban areas. Roadside dust created by atmospheric deposition can be one of the best indicators for heavy metal contamination levels. The present study reports the spatial distribution patterns and degree of heavy metal pollution (Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn, and As) in 50 roadside dust samples from urb...

Heavy metal contamination of soil resulting from sewage irrigation is a cause of serious concern due to the potential health impacts of consuming contaminated products. In this study an assessment made of the impact of sewage irrigation on heavy metal contamination of Spinach, Cabbage, Beetroot, Reddish, Okra, Tomato, and Cucumber is widely cultivated and consumed in urban India, particularly b...