ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Distribution Characteristics, Source Identification
and Risk Assessment of HMs in the Communicate
Area of Weihe River and Qianhe River, China
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Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co.,
Ltd., Shaanxi 710021, China
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Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation, Shaanxi 710021, China
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Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Shaanxi 710021, China
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Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources,
Shaanxi 710021, China
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Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Land Consolidation, Shaanxi 710021, China
Submission date: 2023-10-26
Final revision date: 2024-02-19
Acceptance date: 2024-02-25
Online publication date: 2024-06-18
Publication date: 2024-07-25
Corresponding author
Yang Zhang
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation, Shaanxi 710021, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(6):6229-6243
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ABSTRACT
With the acceleration of new-type urbanization and beautiful countryside construction, the urban
fringe has become one of the main spaces for urban expansion and environmental quality improvement.
Water and sediment samples are collected from 8 sites at the intersection of the Weihe River
and the Qianhe River in the eastern suburbs of Baoji City. The results show that from the upper reaches
to the lower reaches of the river, the HMs concentration of the mainstream is Weihe River>Qianhe
River, and the upper stream < the lower stream. The highest concentrations of Cr, Ni, Pb, and Hg
in river water exceeded GB3838 Class II standard limits. The HM concentration in sediments from,
high to low, is Zn>Cr>Cu>Ni> Pb>As>Cd>Hg. The degree of potential ecological risk from the upper
reaches to the lower reaches of the river was: high → considerable → moderate → considerable.
However, the ecological risk degree of individual metal elements is Hg>Cd>Pb>Cu>As>Ni>Cr>Zn.
The main pollution elements are Hg, Pb, and As, mostly from point-source discharge and upstream
tributaries. In the future, point-source emissions should be strictly controlled, and land use planning
should be adjusted.