期刊名称：International Journal of Environment and Bioenergy
电子版ISSN：2165-8951
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：8-14
语种：English
出版社：Modern Scientific Press
摘要：Dirty water is usually a significant factor for many diseases. In Kosovo, only 9% of freshwater was used for drinking, and the rest was used in agriculture and industry. The waste from industry and agriculture was the biggest polluter of water. In this study, pollution of heavy metals in the White Drin River Basin was evaluated. Some physicochemical parameters of water samples, such as pH value, electrical conductivity, alkalinity, hardness as well as concentrations of HCO_3 ~- and CO_3~(2-) were measured, and concentrations of nine elements in water samples were determined by ICP-MS technique. The concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Mn, As, Fe, Co and Ni were 4.05 - 22.2, 3.67 - 54.8, 2.81 - 35.1, 0.20 - 2.61, 1.60 - 38.2, 0.27 - 0.81, 22 - 77, 0.03 - 0.211 and 0.8 - 2.69 mg/L, respectively.
