ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Risk Assessment and Chemical Fractionation
of Heavy Metals by BCR Sequential Extraction
in Soil of the Sapanca Lake Basin, Turkey
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Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department, Sakarya University, Turkey
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Sakarya Vocational School, Environmental Protection Technology Department,
Sakarya University of Applied Science , Turkey
Submission date: 2018-07-20
Final revision date: 2018-12-05
Acceptance date: 2018-12-15
Online publication date: 2019-12-16
Publication date: 2020-02-13
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(2):1523-1533
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Sapanca Lake is an important drinking water source located by D-100 highway in the north
and E-80 (TEM Anatolian Highway) and a railway line in the south. Heavy metal concentrations
in roadside soils result from vehicle exhausts and the corroding metal parts of vehicles. Due to
the difficulty of removing heavy metals from the soil, a significant pollution problem arises
and this pollution also affects the water resources by means of rain. Although there are several
industries, the highway located near the lake is the most important pollutant source for Sapanca
Basin. Therefore, this study evaluated heavy metal concentrations, the chemical fractions of the
metals and ecological risks (by using Cf, RAC and PERI) in the soil samples collected seasonally
between 2015 and 2017 in Sapanca Lake Basin. Al and Fe were determined at very high amounts
in all stations and the relationship between mean concentrations of other metals was determined
to be Zn>Ba>As>Ni>Cr>Pb>Cu>Co>Cd. However, Zn, Ba, As, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cu, Co and Cd mean
concentrations were determined as 87.63 mg/kg, Ba 86.87 mg/kg, 80.40 mg/kg, 58.62 mg/kg,
50.42 mg/kg, 41.90 mg/kg, 38.16 mg/kg, 13.98 mg/kg, 2.89 mg/kg respectively. Al, Fe, Co, Cr,
Cu, Ni and Zn are mainly found in residual fractions in soil. According to the environmental risk
assessment on the basis of soil stations, the 7th station has the highest GCf value, which means that
the soil sample presents the highest environmental risk according to the contamination factors. On
the other hand, Cd has serious potential ecological risk and As has considerable potential ecological
risk in all stations.