Heavy metal pollution in lagoon mariut, on the southern coast of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Abstract EN

The distributions of Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in water, suspended matter and sediments of lagoon Mariut proper have been studied.

The results showed that the lagoon was polluted with these metals mainly due to the industrial effluents discharged at its far northeastern corner.

The continuous current of water from the agricultural Qalaa Drain, the main source of water for the lagoon, flushes only the northwestern side of the lagoon as it flows towards the lower reach of another large agricultural (Umum) Drain.

This has led to accumulation of pollutants at the northeastern side of the lagoon.