A Review: Heavy Metal Contamination in Drinking Water of Different Areas of Sindh, Pakistan

Drinking Water Contamination in Sindh

  • Naqi Hyder Amur Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazir Abad, Pakistan
  • Ashique Hussain Jatoi Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazir Abad, Pakistan
  • Ahmed Ali Mugheri Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Weenghar Ali Chandio Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Zubeda Bhatti Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Wahid Bux Jatoi Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Shah Nawaz Phulpoto Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazir Abad, Pakistan
Keywords: heavy metals, human health, atomic absorption

Abstract

 

The survival of life on earth depends on access to water. The overgrowth population has seriously affected water quality, urbanization, rapid growth in industrialization and other human activities equally involved in water contamination. Heavy metals are a group of metals and metalloids with greater atomic density. These metals are toxic in nature, even at very low concentration and causes serious health issues to humans and animals. Industrial discharge and agricultural runoff are the main sources of these heavy metals entering the aquatic system. Drinkable water has become a challenge for developing countries like Pakistan. Heavy metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Co, Mn, Hg, Ni and Zn were used in their study. Their study revealed that, the concentrations of heavy metals were compared to those of national and international agencies as WHO (2008), USEPA, EUC and EPA. in the research area varied in provinces with maximum admissible and desirable limits and some were within the permissible limit. Therefore, this study aims to look into the research on the level of heavy metal contamination in drinking water sources in certain districts of Sindh province.

 

 

Published
2024-07-02
Issue
Vol 67 No 2 (2024): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles