Contamination of Heavy metals in River Shah Alam Peshawar: (A tributary of River Kabul) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Abstract

The present survey was carried out to find out the amount of heavy metals in the River Kabul Shah Alam tributary, Peshawar. The selected heavy metals were (Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr and Mn) were analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The concentration of the heavy metals were Zn 1.2-2.0 ppm; Cu 0.17-1.48 ppm; Cd 0.2-0.69 ppm; Pb 1.01-1.23 ppm; Cr 0.04-2.01 ppm and Mn 0.01-0.82 ppm respectively. In this analysis only Cu, Cd, Pb and Cr found above the permissible limits. From this research it can be concluded that almost tanneries waste were added to this station.