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Table 4 Mean trace metal concentration of surface water samples along the Jimi River and its tributaries

From: Concentrations, hydrochemistry and risk evaluation of selected heavy metals along the Jimi River and its tributaries at Obuasi a mining enclave in Ghana

Code

Cd (mg/L)

Fe (mg/L)

Ni (mg/L)

Zn (mg/L)

Pb (mg/L)

CN− (mg/L)

As (mg/L)

AK

0.02 ± 0.01

6.095 ± 0.069

0.045 ± 0.005

0.365 ± 0.15

b/d

36.58 ± 3.97

b/d

AM

0.01 ± 0.01

24.23 ± 1.53

0.055 ± 0.095

0.34 ± 0.12

b/d

46.71 ± 2.65

b/d

JMC

0.03 ± 0.01

5.94 ± 0.06

0.01 ± 0.00

0.46 ± 0.01

b/d

11.46 ± 2.02

b/d

KAAC

0.01 ± 0.00

131.06 ± 7.04

0.35 ± 0.04

0.88 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.1

b/d

b/d

KKT

b/d

6.19 ± 0.72

0.1 ± 0.00

0.52 ± 0.01

b/d

17.63 ± 3.02

b/d

OK

0.01 ± 0.00

10.92 ± 4.36

0.025 ± 0.015

0.45 ± 0.015

b/d

43.18 ± 0.88

b/d

PPS

b/d

4.78 ± 0.04

8.18 ± 0.01

0.43 ± 0.01

b/d

33.49 ± 4.02

0.34 ± 0.00

WA

0.01 ± 0.00

12.13 ± 2.02

0.03 ± 0.01

0.44 ± 0.01

b/d

53.76 ± 8.03

0.07 ± 0.00

WHO

0.005

0.3

0.02

5.0

0.01

0.07

0.01

  1. b/d below detection limit, N/A not available.