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Heavy Metals Contamination And Distribution In Surface Water And Sediment Of The Aboabo Stream, Ahafo Region, Ghana

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  • Ebenezer Asante Boafo Brobbey

    (Department of Materials Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.)

  • Bennetta Koomson

    (Department of Materials Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.)

  • Frank Ofori Agyemang

    (Department of Materials Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.)

Abstract

Activities of illegal small-scale miners promote continual introduction of wide pollutants into the Aboabo stream. Their toxicity poses health threats to the inhabitants of Krapoo village in the Ahafo Region, Ghana. The study assesses the impacts of illegal small-scale mining activities on the water quality of the stream. Levels of physico-chemical and microbiological parameters were determined using standard methods. Samples of sediment, water and plant were acid-digested with aqua-regia. Total Arsenic and Total Cadmium were analysed using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FLAAS) whiles Total Mercury was analysed using Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (CV-AAS). Turbidity, faecal coliforms and E-coli readings exceeded permissible limit of 5NTU and 0MPN/100ml respectively by Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (GS 1212) and World Health Organisation (WHO). Temperature, Electrical Conductivity and pH values were within the limit of

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  • Ebenezer Asante Boafo Brobbey & Bennetta Koomson & Frank Ofori Agyemang, 2021. "Heavy Metals Contamination And Distribution In Surface Water And Sediment Of The Aboabo Stream, Ahafo Region, Ghana," Earth Sciences Malaysia (ESMY), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 5(1), pages 41-48, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbesmy:v:5:y:2021:i:1:p:41-48
    DOI: 10.26480/esmy.01.2021.41.48
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