Assessment of heavy metal pollution in soil and bottom sediment of Upper Egypt: comparison study

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Concentration of the heavy metals (ppm) for the studied sample

Sample No	Location	type	Fe	As	Pb	Cr	Cd	Co	Zn	Cu	Ni	Mn
1	Luxor	Nile Sediments	22592	0.2	39.8	193.9	0.5	5.5	128.6	6.6	13.7	488.9
2			29446	0.21	40.5	201	0.5	7.5	150	7.5	15.2	497
3			23781	0.31	45.2	210	0.4	9.2	145	6.9	14.3	510.1
4	Aswan		88478	0.01	42.7	15.6	0.8	15.4	72.2	8.7	15.9	2094
5			80435	0.02	60.4	13.2	1.1	12.5	80.5	22	14.8	2140
6			91625	1.3	17.7	25.7	1.4	15.6	105.3	10.7	19.5	1995
Average			56059.5	0.34	41.05	109.9	0.78	10.95	113.6	10.40	15.57	1287.5
7	Habo City	Agricultural Soil	81693	5.3	11.4	150.1	0.7	26.8	135.2	20.8	83.1	1129
8			73839	5.6	13.4	160	0.8	30	140	25	90.5	1340
9			87089	6.2	15.6	145	0.9	32	145	23	94.8	1546
10	Edfo		85960	5.2	9.5	121.4	0.5	34.8	113.1	17.6	71.2	71.2
11	High Dam		41057	0.02	9.1	131.1	0.3	28.6	373	16.3	14.9	1044.9
12	High Dam		34622	0.03	10.2	140	0.4	30.5	390	17.8	20.5	11054
13	Fiyla		42875	0.04	15.1	150	0.4	35.2	410	12.5	23.3	380.5
Average			63876.4	3.20	12.04	142.51	0.57	31.13	243.8	19.0	56.9	2366.5