ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of Contamination with Heavy Metals
in Environment: Water, STERILE, Sludge and Soil
around Kishnica Landfill, Kosovo
| 1 | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pristina,
Str. Mother Thereza, 5, 10 000 Pristine, Republic of Kosovo |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Skender Demaku
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pristine, St. Nëna Tereze 5, 10 000, Prishtina, Albania
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pristine, St. Nëna Tereze 5, 10 000, Prishtina, Albania
Submission date: 2020-03-03
Final revision date: 2020-05-12
Acceptance date: 2020-05-14
Online publication date: 2020-09-07
Publication date: 2020-11-10
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(1):671–677
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ABSTRACT
This research paper represents the results of concentrations of heavy metals in; soil, water, waste
after floatation and sludge at the landfill Kishnica mines in Kosovo. The waste material; after the flotation
process and water after technological processes are directly discharged through the pipe into the surface
of the soil, near the agricultural lands in this zone. This industrial discharge, with high concentration of
heavy metals, has caused the land around this area to be highly contaminated by the waste of the junk
materials being discharged from the Pb-Zn industry in Kishnica. The sampling was performed in June
2018, while the measurements were done using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS).
In our results, we have found that the concentration of heavy metals in this analyzed zone around this area, has not exceeded the maximum amount allowed compared to EU-WHO standards, for contamination, and Dutch list for soils and Interventions.
In our results, we have found that the concentration of heavy metals in this analyzed zone around this area, has not exceeded the maximum amount allowed compared to EU-WHO standards, for contamination, and Dutch list for soils and Interventions.
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