Transport of Potentially Toxic Elements in Solid Particulate Matter during Flash Flood Events in Upper and Lower Stretch of the Sava River
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Site Description
2.2. Sample Collection and Analytical Procedures
2.3. Reagents and Certified Reference Materials
2.4. Calculation of Distribution Coefficient
2.5. Flood Event Load Calculation
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. SPM Behaviour during the Flood Events
3.2. Changes in Physicochemical Parameters during the Flood Events
3.3. Potentially Toxic Elements in Dissolved Phase
3.4. Potentially Toxic Elements in SPM
3.5. Partitioning and Transport of PTE and SPM
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Location | Date and Time of Sampling | KD | ||||
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As | Cr | Cu | Ni | Zn | ||
Litija | 1.5.2016 15-00 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 |
2.5.2016 05-00 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |
15.5.2016 09-00 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
15.5.2016 13-00 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
15.5.2016 17-30 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
15.5.2016 21-00 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | |
16.5.2016 05-30 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | |
16.5.2016 13-30 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | |
17.5.2016 05-50 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | |
18.5.2016 05-50 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
19.5.2016 05-00 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | |
23.5.2016 06-00 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | |
Belgrade | 8.3.2016 17-00 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
9.3.2016 07-00 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | |
9.3.2016 17-00 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | |
10.3.2016 07-00 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
10.3.2016 17-00 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | |
11.3.2016 07-00 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
11.3.2016 17-00 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | |
12.3.2016 08-00 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | |
12.3.2016 17-00 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | |
13.3.2016 08-00 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |
13.3.2016 17-00 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | |
16.3.2016 8-00 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | |
18.3.2016 17-00 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | |
22.3.2016 17-00 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
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Zuliani, T.; Vidmar, J.; Ščančar, J.; Kolarević, M.K.; Kolarević, S.; Paunović, M.; Milačič, R. Transport of Potentially Toxic Elements in Solid Particulate Matter during Flash Flood Events in Upper and Lower Stretch of the Sava River. Water 2022, 14, 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14081213
Zuliani T, Vidmar J, Ščančar J, Kolarević MK, Kolarević S, Paunović M, Milačič R. Transport of Potentially Toxic Elements in Solid Particulate Matter during Flash Flood Events in Upper and Lower Stretch of the Sava River. Water. 2022; 14(8):1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14081213
Chicago/Turabian StyleZuliani, Tea, Janja Vidmar, Janez Ščančar, Margareta Kračun Kolarević, Stoimir Kolarević, Momir Paunović, and Radmila Milačič. 2022. "Transport of Potentially Toxic Elements in Solid Particulate Matter during Flash Flood Events in Upper and Lower Stretch of the Sava River" Water 14, no. 8: 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14081213