Environmental Assessment and Toxic Metal-Contamination Level in Surface Sediment of a Water Reservoir in the Brazilian Cerrado

Polluted sediments limit the useful and biotic life of a water reservoir. Therefore, the classification and verification of the contamination and pollution levels of water reservoirs are essentials for the preservation of the biota and to organize the actions of environmental management. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the concentrations of potentially toxic metals [lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), and cadmium (Cd)] in sediment samples collected in the water reservoir of the Foz do Rio Claro Hydroelectric Power Plant (FRCHEPP) and estimate the contamination level by using the geoaccumulation index (Igeo). All results were compared with the values established by the CONAMA Resolution 454/2012. The Cu and Cd concentrations in the sediment samples were above Level II for most of the analyzed points in comparison with the data of the CONAMA resolution, being classified as poor quality sediments. Moreover, the Igeo values indicated potential pollution of the water reservoir sediment by Cu and Cd. Hence, the water reservoir was classified between moderately and extremely polluted. From this work it is possible to conclude that the frequent monitoring of the sediment quality in the FRCHEPP water reservoir is an indispensable action for periodic evaluation of the hydrographic basin quality in the study region, considering its importance as water supply and power generation for the state of Goiás, Brazil. Overall, the results of this work can be important to study other water reservoirs around the world.

[1]  Sujay Raghavendra.  Web Elements , 2020, Python Testing with Selenium.

[2]  A. T. Paulino,et al.  Phytotoxicity Increase Induced by Zinc Accumulation in Cichorium intybus , 2020, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

[3]  Aiju Liu,et al.  Historical Evolution of Sources and Pollution Levels of Heavy Metals in the Sediment of the Shuanglong Reservoir, China , 2020, Water.

[4]  Shanze Li,et al.  Pollution Characteristics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir , 2020, Water.

[5]  Natasha,et al.  Copper uptake, essentiality, toxicity, detoxification and risk assessment in soil-plant environment. , 2020, Chemosphere.

[6]  Ademir X. Silva,et al.  Baseline, mapping and dose estimation of natural radioactivity in soils of the Brazilian state of Alagoas , 2020 .

[7]  A. Valente,et al.  Assessment of heavy metal pollution from anthropogenic activities and remediation strategies: A review. , 2019, Journal of environmental management.

[8]  Y. Kettanah.  Copper mineralization and alterations in Gercus Basalt within the Gercus Formation, northern Iraq , 2019, Ore Geology Reviews.

[9]  A. Kherbeche,et al.  Characterization and Quantification of Heavy Metals in Oued Sebou Sediments , 2019, TheScientificWorldJournal.

[10]  D. Alexakis,et al.  Environmental Availability of Potentially Toxic Elements in an Agricultural Mediterranean Site , 2019, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience.

[11]  S. Islam,et al.  Sources and Ecological Risks of Heavy Metals in Soils Under Different Land Uses in Bangladesh , 2017, Pedosphere.

[12]  M. Sojka,et al.  Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments of Reservoirs in the Lowland Area of Western Poland: Concentrations, Distribution, Sources and Ecological Risk , 2018, Water.

[13]  H. Fang,et al.  Distribution and Potential Risk of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir: The Relationship to Environmental Variables , 2018, Water.

[14]  Xiaolong Wang,et al.  Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Sediment of the Main Tributaries of Dongting Lake, China , 2018, Water.

[15]  Aníbal da Fonseca Santiago,et al.  Avaliação geoquímica de metais em sistemas fluviais afetados por atividades antrópicas no Quadrilátero Ferrífero , 2018, Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental.

[16]  J. Cabral,et al.  Qualidade dos sedimentos em relação à presença de metais pesados no reservatório da usina hidrelétrica de Caçu – GO (Quality of sediments in relation to the presence of heavy metals in the hydroelectric plant reservoir in Caçu–Goiás) , 2018 .

[17]  Eder Silva de Oliveira,et al.  Concentrações de metais pesados nos sedimentos do lago Água Preta (Pará, Brasil) , 2018, Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental.

[18]  Hongjuan Wu,et al.  Occurrences and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia , 2018 .

[19]  J. López-Dovál,et al.  Spatial distribution, bioavailability, and toxicity of metals in surface sediments of tropical reservoirs, Brazil , 2018, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

[20]  Carlos Henrique Hoff Brait,et al.  AVALIAÇÃO DO TEOR DE METAIS PESADOS E DE PARÂMETROS FÍSICO-QUÍMICOS DA ÁGUA E SEDIMENTO DO LAGO BONSUCESSO, JATAÍ – GO , 2018 .

[21]  G. Zagury,et al.  Determination of point of zero charge of natural organic materials , 2018, Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

[22]  J. Cabral,et al.  Qualidade dos sedimentos em relação à presença de metais pesados no reservatório da usina hidrelétrica de Caçu – GO , 2018 .

[23]  Shi-guo Xu,et al.  Deposition behavior, risk assessment and source identification of heavy metals in reservoir sediments of Northeast China. , 2017, Ecotoxicology and environmental safety.

[24]  F. Ferreira,et al.  Avaliação da concentração de metais tóxicos em amostras de sedimentos dos reservatórios do complexo Billings (Guarapiranga e Rio Grande) , 2017 .

[25]  S. Campos,et al.  Metal pollution assessment in a Brazilian hydroelectric reservoir: Geophagus brasiliensis as a suitable bioindicator organism , 2017 .

[26]  J. Pichtel,et al.  Occurrence of heavy metals and radionuclides in sediments and seawater in mangrove ecosystems in Pattani Bay, Thailand , 2017, Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

[27]  Jinzhou Du,et al.  Natural radioactivity assessment of surface sediments in the Yangtze Estuary. , 2017, Marine pollution bulletin.

[28]  M. G. Pignatti,et al.  Spatial distribution of pesticide use in Brazil: a strategy for Health Surveillance , 2017 .

[29]  M. Cestari,et al.  Bioavailability of pollutants sets risk of exposure to biota and human population in reservoirs from Iguaçu River (Southern Brazil) , 2016, Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

[30]  L. Dąbrowska.  Chemical Forms of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments of the Mitręga Reservoir , 2016 .

[31]  J. Iqbal,et al.  Spatial distribution, environmental assessment and source identification of metals content in surface sediments of freshwater reservoir, Pakistan , 2016 .

[32]  F. Silva,et al.  Qualidade dos sedimentos do rio Monjolinho: índice de geoacumulação , 2016 .

[33]  J. Cabral,et al.  EUTROFIZAÇÃO NO RESERVATÓRIO DA UHE FOZ DO RIO CLARO (GO) , 2015 .

[34]  Juliana Nascimento da Costa,et al.  Desempenho de intervenções de saúde em países da América Latina: uma revisão sistemática , 2015 .

[35]  J. Cabral,et al.  Uso de geotecnologias na caracterização da fragilidade ambiental da Bacia da UHE Foz do Rio Claro (GO) , 2015 .

[36]  Miguel Franco Frohlich,et al.  A evolução do processo de avaliação e gerenciamento de material relacionado às atividades de dragagem no Brasil: Uma análise comparativa entre as Resoluções CONAMA n° 344/04 e n° 454/12 , 2015 .

[37]  A. Fernandes,et al.  Available contents of potentially toxic elements in soils from the , 2015 .

[38]  D. I. Fávaro,et al.  Trace metal and rare earth elements in a sediment profile from the Rio Grande Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil: determination of anthropogenic contamination, dating, and sedimentation rates , 2015, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

[39]  D. Alexakis,et al.  Evaluation of soil salinization in a Mediterranean site (Agoulinitsa district—West Greece) , 2015, Arabian Journal of Geosciences.

[40]  A. Abdallaoui,et al.  Study of Trace Metals in Surface Sediments of the Dam Reservoir Sidi Chahed (Meknes, Morocco) , 2014 .

[41]  M. Pompêo,et al.  Ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control: a case study of coastal water bodies from the Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazi , 2013 .

[42]  E. Vassiliades,et al.  Distribution of trace elements in stream sediments of Arta plain (western Hellas): The influence of geomorphological parameters , 2013 .

[43]  C. Lorz,et al.  Geochemical signature and properties of sediment sources and alluvial sediments within the Lago Paranoá catchment, Brasilia DF: a study on anthropogenic introduced chemical elements in an urban river basin. , 2013, The Science of the total environment.

[44]  D. Alexakis,et al.  Diagnosis of groundwater quality and assessment of contamination sources in the Megara basin (Attica, Greece) , 2013, Arabian Journal of Geosciences.

[45]  A. Horn,et al.  CONCENTRAÇÕES DE METAIS PESADOS EM SEDIMENTOS DO RIO SÃO FRANCISCO ENTRE TRÊS MARIAS E PIRAPORA-MG: GEOQUÍMICA E CLASSIFICAÇÃO DE RISCO AMBIENTAL , 2012 .

[46]  S. B. Melo,et al.  Métodos de análise multivariada no estabelecimento de valores de referência de qualidade para elementos-traço em solos , 2012 .

[47]  D. Alexakis.  Diagnosis of stream sediment quality and assessment of toxic element contamination sources in East Attica, Greece , 2011 .

[48]  Fenglian Fu,et al.  Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: a review. , 2011, Journal of environmental management.

[49]  Silvia Gonçalves Egler,et al.  Distribuição de mercúrio, cobre, chumbo, zinco e níquel em sedimentos de corrente da bacia do rio Piabanha, Estado do Rio de Janeiro , 2011 .

[50]  Qingzhao Li,et al.  Mobility and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of Xiamen Bay and its adjacent areas, China , 2010 .

[51]  J. Alves,et al.  Concentrações e associações geoquímicas de Pb e Zn em sedimentos do rio São Francisco impactados por rejeitos da produção industrial de zinco , 2010 .

[52]  Andressa Beló,et al.  Avaliação da contaminação de metais em sedimentos superficiais das praias do lago de Itaipu , 2010 .

[53]  Marco Aurélio Carbone Carneiro,et al.  Atributos físicos, químicos e biológicos de solo de cerrado sob diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo , 2009 .

[54]  C. Kiang,et al.  Caracterização petrográfica e aspectos diagenéticos dos arenitos do Grupo Bauru na região sudoeste do Estado de São Paulo , 2008 .

[55]  H. Filizola,et al.  Manual de procedimentos de coleta de amostras em áreas agrícolas para análise da qualidade ambiental: solo, água e sedimentos. , 2006 .

[56]  L. H. C. Anjos,et al.  Sistema Brasileiro de Classificação de Solos. , 2006 .

[57]  J. Nozaki,et al.  Lipid Increase Induced by Lead Accumulation in Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus , 2005, Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology.

[58]  D. Schulze,et al.  Trace element geochemistry in Brazilian Cerrado soils , 2004 .

[59]  D. Kampbell,et al.  Total, dissolved, and bioavailable metals at Lake Texoma marinas. , 2003, Environmental pollution.

[60]  G. Muller.  INDEX OF GEOACCUMULATION IN SEDIMENTS OF THE RHINE RIVER , 1969 .