Heavy Metal Balance in a Communal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Authors

  • Zoltán Győri
  • Norbert Boros
  • Péter Sipos
  • Emese Bertáné Szabó
  • Katalin Kovács
  • Márk Horváth
  • Anita Takács
  • György Heltai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/hjic-2015-0004

Keywords:

River Tisza, floodplain soils, heavy metal pollution, Lakanen-Erviö extraction, nitric acid/peroxide extraction

Abstract

In early 2000, two contamination events at Baia Mare first and Baia Borsa second involving large amounts of toxic elements impacted the Hungarian section of the River Tisza with disastrous ecological and economical impacts. We evaluated the sort- and long-term effects of this pollution by determining the total and bioavailable concentrations of potentially toxic metals from soil samples collected along the Tisza (Tivadar, Vásárosnamény, Rakamaz, and Tiszacsege) in 2000 and between 2011 and 2013. The current and previous results were compared in respect of copper and lead contents.

Author Biographies

  • Zoltán Győri
    Institute of Regional Economics and Rural Development, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, HUNGARY
  • Norbert Boros
    Institute of Food Science, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi u. 138, Debrecen, 4032, HUNGARY
  • Péter Sipos
    Institute of Food Science, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi u. 138, Debrecen, 4032, HUNGARY
  • Emese Bertáné Szabó
    Institute of Food Science, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi u. 138, Debrecen, 4032, HUNGARY
  • Katalin Kovács
    Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, HUNGARY
  • Márk Horváth
    Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, HUNGARY
  • Anita Takács
    Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, HUNGARY
  • György Heltai
    Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, HUNGARY

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Published

2015-06-01

Issue

Vol 43, No 1 (2015): Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Heavy Metal Balance in a Communal Wastewater Treatment Plant. (2015). Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry, 43(1), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1515/hjic-2015-0004