Heavy Metals Pollution Level in Water, Fish and Sediments from the Logone River Within Moundou City (Chad)

Massang Tchoroun; Guy Bertrand Noumi; New Mahamat Tchadanaye; Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang

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Heavy Metals Pollution Level in Water, Fish and Sediments from the Logone River Within Moundou City (Chad)

Massang Tchoroun, Guy Bertrand Noumi, New Mahamat Tchadanaye, Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang

Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 19 September 2015 Accepted: 30 September 2015 Published: 22 October 2015

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The evaluation of metal pollution level of Logone River at Moundou (Chad) was done by measuring the amount of Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). The water, sediments and fish samples were collected around the river at 4 sites and the concentrations were determined by spectrophotometric UV-Visible analyses. The results obtained showed that iron (Fe) had the highest concentration in water with average of 0.77±0.03mg/L followed by Mn (0.13±0.01 mg/L). In contrast, in the sediments Mn had a highest concentration followed by Fe with an average content of 33.17±0.04mg/kg and 7.61±0.02mg/kg respectively. In both cases, Cd had the lowest concentration of 0.52±0.03µg/kg and 0.43±0.02µg/L in the sediment and water respectively. The lowest values of enrichment factor (0-0.88) and average contamination indexes (0.74 to 0.88) indicates that the sediment are not polluted by As, Cd, Cr and Pb. However, Mn is highly found in sediment with an EF of 76.88% and 100% at AM and COT sampling site respectively at which suggest the origin of this heavy metal by Coton tchad activities. The values of bioconcentration factor (BCF) of Cd, Cr, Fe and Mn proved that the fishes are under bioaccumulation step. This study proved that the various waste generated by industries (CotonTchad and Brewery of Chad) and agriculture practices at Moundou affect significantly the quality of Logone River ecosystem.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15
Page(s)	275-281
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Heavy Metals, Pollution, Bioconcentration Factor, Logone River

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Massang Tchoroun, Guy Bertrand Noumi, New Mahamat Tchadanaye, Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang. Heavy Metals Pollution Level in Water, Fish and Sediments from the Logone River Within Moundou City (Chad). Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2015;3(5):275-281. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15

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Massang Tchoroun

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere-Cameroon
Guy Bertrand Noumi

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere-Cameroon
New Mahamat Tchadanaye

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of N’Djamena, Chad
Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere-Cameroon

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Massang Tchoroun, Guy Bertrand Noumi, New Mahamat Tchadanaye, Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang. Heavy Metals Pollution Level in Water, Fish and Sediments from the Logone River Within Moundou City (Chad). Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2015;3(5):275-281. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Heavy Metals Pollution Level in Water, Fish and Sediments from the Logone River Within Moundou City (Chad)
AU  - Massang Tchoroun
AU  - Guy Bertrand Noumi
AU  - New Mahamat Tchadanaye
AU  - Jean Marie Dikdim Dangwang
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PY  - 2015
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
JO  - International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
SP  - 275
EP  - 281
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-7667
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijema.20150305.15
AB  - The evaluation of metal pollution level of Logone River at Moundou (Chad) was done by measuring the amount of Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). The water, sediments and fish samples were collected around the river at 4 sites and the concentrations were determined by spectrophotometric UV-Visible analyses. The results obtained showed that iron (Fe) had the highest concentration in water with average of 0.77±0.03mg/L followed by Mn (0.13±0.01 mg/L). In contrast, in the sediments Mn had a highest concentration followed by Fe with an average content of 33.17±0.04mg/kg and 7.61±0.02mg/kg respectively. In both cases, Cd had the lowest concentration of 0.52±0.03µg/kg and 0.43±0.02µg/L in the sediment and water respectively. The lowest values of enrichment factor (0-0.88) and average contamination indexes (0.74 to 0.88) indicates that the sediment are not polluted by As, Cd, Cr and Pb. However, Mn is highly found in sediment with an EF of 76.88% and 100% at AM and COT sampling site respectively at which suggest the origin of this heavy metal by Coton tchad activities. The values of bioconcentration factor (BCF) of Cd, Cr, Fe and Mn proved that the fishes are under bioaccumulation step. This study proved that the various waste generated by industries (CotonTchad and Brewery of Chad) and agriculture practices at Moundou affect significantly the quality of Logone River ecosystem.
VL  - 3
IS  - 5
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