Zinc and Chromium Load in Road Dust, Suspended Particulate Matter and Foliar Dust Deposits of Anand City, Gujarat

Tanushree Bhattacharya, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Dhara Tuteja, Mitul Patel

Department of Environmental Science & Technology, Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies & Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India.
Environmental Science and Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ojmetal.2013.32A1006                

Abstract

Anand, the milk capital of India, is a developing city with increasing vehicles and developmental activities going on at a fast pace. This study attempts to investigate the zinc and chromium concentration in street dust, suspended particulate matter and in foliar dust deposits. Ten sampling locations were selected based on the traffic density on the roads and different anthropogenic activity. Sampling was carried out in the dry months of January to March 2011. The range of Zn and Cr was 16.82 - 108.29 ppm and 118 - 151.5 ppm in the street dust respectively. Zn concentration in Suspended particulate matter lies in the range of 12.41 to 86 ppm and Cr concentration between 75 to 130 ppm. The range of Cr in foliar deposited dust varied from 79.54 ppm to 31 ppm. Whereas, for Zn maximum concentration was in S₁₀ which is 42.34 ppm and minimum was in site S₉, 23.73 ppm. ANOVA single factor showed that at 0.05 level of significance site wise variation of zinc and chromium concentration in SPM, Street dust and foliar deposited dust was not significant signifying similar source of contamination. Which is further strengthened by the good positive correlation found between the Zn and Cr concentration of street dust, leaf deposited dust and SPM. The Contamination Factor in the sites where metal concentration was high was 1.24 in S₁₀ and 1.06 in S₅ for Zn. For chromium the value of CF was 1.77 in S₁₀ and 1.67 in S₅. These values indicate that street dust is moderately contaminated with respect to zinc and chromium.

Keywords

Heavy Metal; Street Dust; Contamination; Foliar Deposit; Suspended Particulate Matter

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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