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Heavy Metals Levels and Contamination Status in Soils of Koudalwa, Tchad

Dieudonne Caleb Dahaina, Cornelius Tsamo, Tarkodjiel Mianpeureum, Madjitoloum Betoloum Salomon
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jas.v19.n2.p1
Abstract
This study is aimed at determining the heavy metal levels in agricultural soils and around oil drilling pits in Koudalwa, Tchad and evaluating pollution levels. Soil sampling was done on three sites AA (AA1 & AA2), BB (BB1 & BB2), CC (CC1 & CC2) with two samples collected per site, giving a total of six samples. The subsamples with code one represent the 0-30 cm depth and code two represent the 30-60 cm depth. A control sample was taken far from sites having any oil activities. 2 mm sieved soil samples were digested in a mixture of HCl and HNO3 in the ratio 1:3 and the concentrations of Cr, Cd, Pb, Hg, Cu, Mn, Fe and Ni in the digested solutions determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The contamination level of the heavy metals was assessed using the Geo-Accumulation Index (Igeo), Contamination factor, Pollution load index (PLI), Enrichment Factor (EF), and Potential Ecological Risk Assessment (PER) models. Results obtained shows that the abundance of heavy metals in the soils of Koudalwa is in the order; Cu ˃ Hg ˃ Cr ˃ Mn ˃ Fe ˃ Cd ˃ Ni ˃ Pb. The site AA shows the highest levels of all the determined heavy metals except Ni with highest amount of Cr (197.98 mg/kg), Cd (6.49 mg/kg), Hg (531.46 mg/kg), Ni (0.088 mg/kg) in the 30-60 cm soil depth, and Pb (0.021 mg/kg), Cu (815.24 mg/kg), Mn (166.55 mg/kg) and Fe (60.04 mg/kg) in the top soil, 0-30 cm depth. PLI analysis confirms that sites AA1 and AA2 present a decline of site quality as compared to other sites which are of perfect site quality. ER values for Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg showed severe enrichment due to contributions of anthropogenic sources with higher values in subsurface samples, thus indicating their high mobility in these soils. Results of this study shows that critical attention must be given to site AA as well as other activities in other sites that can contaminate the soils with special focus on remediation measures and sensitization of the population on the dangers of different activities on the soils.
Keywords
Ecological risk, Heavy metals, Koudalwa, Pollution, soil
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