Metal pollution assessment in sediments of the Smolnik creek, Slovakia

Singovszká, Eva and Bálintová, Magdaléna (2014) Metal pollution assessment in sediments of the Smolnik creek, Slovakia. Pollack Periodica, 9 (Supple). pp. 117-125. ISSN 1788-1994

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Abstract

Pollution of the natural environment by heavy metals is a universal problem because these metals are indestructible and most of them have toxic effects on living organisms, when permissible concentration levels are exceeded. The degree of contamination in the sediments of the Smolnik creek, for the metals Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb, has been evaluated using Enrichment factor (EF), Pollution load index (PLI) and Geo-accumulation index (I_geo). The sediments have been found to be contaminated with Pb, Cu and As which has been attributed mainly acid mine drainage from abandoned shaft Pech (the mine Smolnik) since no major industrial establishments are present in the area.

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