Determination of Lead Levels in Drinking Water in some Areas of Khartoum Cityand Gezira State, Sudan

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  • Mohammed Mubarek Awad Ahmed

lead, contamination, drinking water, atomic absorption

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine the concentration of lead in drinking water in Khartoum, Arbagi, Dagala, Wadshantoor, Saleem. Fifty samples of drinking water which collected from different houses in Khartoum, Arbagi, Dagala, Wadshantoor, Saleem and other samples from the Blue Nile for comparison during the period 2013-2014 were analyzed for its lead content by Atomic absorption spectrometry method. Mean lead concentration in samples of drinking water in this study was ranging between 0.012ppm (Blue Nile)-0.046ppm (Khartoum)with a median of 0.02ppm. A positive correlation was found between urbanization and lead mean concentration (0.046ppm) in Khartoum w.r.t (0.025ppm) in Gezira state. So this study recommended that the drinking water delivery system should be free of lead.

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Determination of Lead Levels in Drinking Water in some Areas of Khartoum Cityand Gezira State, Sudan. (2014). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 14(B5), 13-17. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/1325

 

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A Walsh (1955) The application of atomic absorption spectra to chemical analysis. 7(4), 108-117.

Determination of Lead Levels in Drinking Water in some Areas of Khartoum Cityand Gezira State, Sudan

Published

2014-10-20

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Vol. 14 No. B5 (2014): GJSFR-B Chemistry: Volume 14 Issue B5

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Determination of Lead Levels in Drinking Water in some Areas of Khartoum Cityand Gezira State, Sudan. (2014). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 14(B5), 13-17. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/1325