ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Concentration of Pb, Cu, Zn and Cd
in the Roadside Soil of Doha: Effect of Traffic
Volume and Season
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Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Submission date: 2020-06-28
Final revision date: 2020-09-07
Acceptance date: 2020-09-08
Online publication date: 2021-05-31
Publication date: 2021-07-07
Corresponding author
Alaa H. Hawari
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(4):3579-3586
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The concentration of copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) in the roadside soil
of Doha was evaluated. Three different roads were selected for the study namely, Mesrif street, Salwa
road and Cornish street representing low, medium and high traffic volume, respectively. The roadside
soil samples were collected during summer and winter seasons. The average concentration of Cu, Pb,
Zn, and Cd was 10.76 ppm, 27.93 ppm, 190.07 ppm and 0.16 ppm, respectively. Pearson’s correlation
coefficient showed a high correlation between Cu and Zn in the summer and a high correlation between
Zn and Cd in the winter. This high correlation indicates that the sources of the heavy metals were
the same. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a significant relationship between traffic
volume and season and Zn and Cd concentration.