Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt
Gouda, A., elsheikh, R., Shaltout, M., Hamed, K. (2022). Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2022(1), 64-70. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2022.109098.1103
Ayman A Gouda; Ragaa elsheikh; Mohammed Shaltout; Khairy A. Hamed. "Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 2022, 1, 2022, 64-70. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2022.109098.1103
Gouda, A., elsheikh, R., Shaltout, M., Hamed, K. (2022). 'Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 2022(1), pp. 64-70. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2022.109098.1103
Gouda, A., elsheikh, R., Shaltout, M., Hamed, K. Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 2022(1): 64-70. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2022.109098.1103

Assessment of Organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in groundwater in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt

Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University
Article 7, Volume 2022, Issue 1, April 2022, Page 64-70  XML PDF (1.03 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2022.109098.1103
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Authors
Ayman A Gouda email 1; Ragaa elsheikh2; Mohammed Shaltout3; Khairy A. Hamed2
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Abstract
In Egypt, the shortage of freshwater resources and their pollution constitutes a growing concern. Due to the uncensored use of pesticides in the agricultural regions of Egypt, the contamination risks of ground water increase periodically in planting seasons. Therefore, the present work aims to monitor the occurrence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) residues and heavy metals in five ground water samples collected from agricultural area with long-term pesticide application history in Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt. Water samples were processed using a solid-phase extraction technique and gas chromatograph equipped with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results revealed that, the concentrations of OCPs in groundwater are in the limits except only 0.65 μg/L of p,p'-DDT recorded in ground water at Hassan Bieh village location, Belbis region, El-Sharqia, Egypt. Levels of iron and manganese in (Elnoba and Awlad Mahnaa) ground water samples were found to be much higher than the limits of Egyptian quality standards. The other elements in this study were found in the limits. The turbidity in 3 site (Hassan Beih, Elnoba and Awlad Mahnaa) villages has high values (4.7, 28.4 and 4.4), respectively. TDS values in two sites (Hassan Beih and Awlad Mahnaa) villages showing values above the 1000 mg/L limit.
Keywords
Organochlorine pesticides; Heavy metals; Ground water; El-Sharqia; Egypt
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