Assessing Contamination Level of Heavy Metals in the Lake of Qaraaoun. Lebanon

Chaden Moussa Haydar; Nada Nehme; Sadek Awad; Bachar Koubaissy; Mohamad Fakih; Ali Yaacoub; Joumana Toufaily; Frederic Villeras; Tayssir Hamieh

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.07.041

Assessing Contamination Level of Heavy Metals in the Lake of Qaraaoun. Lebanon

Chaden Moussa Haydar
, Nada Nehme
, Sadek Awad
, Bachar Koubaissy
, Mohamad Fakih
, Ali Yaacoub
, Joumana Toufaily^*
, Frederic Villeras
, Tayssir Hamieh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Water pollution in the Lake of Qaraaoun became a common criterion and it has been exaggerated in the last few decades as a result of population growth and the changing climatic conditions. The Qaraaoun Lake is the largest artificial reservoir in Lebanon, which is located along the Litani River. It represents the connecting point between the Upper and Lower Litani River Basins. The study aimed at assessing the levels of heavy metals concentration of and their sources in the sediment of the Qaraaoun Lake at three representative sites during dry season of the year 2012.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	285-290
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	55
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.07.041
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Igeo index
stream
sediments
pollution.

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Assessing Contamination Level of Heavy Metals in the Lake of Qaraaoun. Lebanon

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