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Heavy Metal Pollution and Its Ecological Risk Analysis of River Sediments
in the Main Urban Area of Chongqing
ZHANG Zhanmei1,2, HUANG Dajun1, SHI Ruiqi1, XU Yuan1, GONG Yuchen
2020, 39(11):
122-127.
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-0696.2020.11.18
In order to study the risk of heavy metal pollution and its potential environmental risk in the river sediments of the main urban area of Chongqing, 5 rivers in the main urban area of Chongqing, including Huaxi River, Kuxi River, Taohua Stream, Qingshui Stream and Panxi River, were studied. The concentrations of six kinds of heavy metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in sediments were detected. Nemerow comprehensive index method and geo-accumulation index method were used to analyze the pollution degree of heavy metals in river sediments, and Hakanson potential ecological risk assessment method was used to evaluate the ecological risk of heavy metals. The results show that six kinds of heavy metals in the 5 rivers in the main urban area of Chongqing have reached the level of mild pollution or above. Nemerow comprehensive index (Pcom) of Taohua Stream and Qingshui Stream sampling points is more than three, which belongs to heavy pollution level. Among the six kinds of heavy metals, Cu pollution is the most serious. The potential ecological risk of heavy metals in river sediments of the main urban area of Chongqing is low. Except for the potential ecological risk index in one sampling point of Huaxi River (RI = 212.04), it belongs to the medium risk level; the rest RI values of other rivers are less than 150, which belong to the mild level.
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