naa a22 4500 51075046X CHVBK 20180411083102.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-013-1477-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-013-1477-5 Identification of Point Sources of Metal Pollution in the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa [Elektronische Daten] [V. Jackson, A. Paulse, J. Odendaal, W. Khan] The aim of this study was to statistically compare sampling sites identified along the Berg River system to identify the major point sources of metal pollution from June 2004 to May 2005. Three sites were selected [site A—agricultural farming area, site B—Plot 8000 (close to the informal settlement), and site C—the Newton pumping station] representing different sectors which the river services. Aluminium (Al), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and lead (Pb) concentrations were determined using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry and were statistically compared and analysed with one-way ANOVAs. For all the metals analysed, site C (industrial area) proved to be the site where the highest average metal concentrations were recorded. Generally, the concentrations recorded at site A (site furthest from the industrial area) were significantly (p < 0.05) lower than the concentrations recorded at both sites B and C. While the Al and Fe concentrations were consistently higher than any of the other metals analysed for, site C was identified as the primary source of metal contamination in the Berg River, resulting from the runoff from industrial activities at this particular site. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Point-source pollution nationallicence Industrial activities nationallicence Metal contamination nationallicence River water nationallicence ICP-AES nationallicence ANOVA nationallicence Jackson V. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 7535, Bellville, South Africa aut Paulse A. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 7535, Bellville, South Africa aut Odendaal J. Department of Environmental and Occupational Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 8000, Cape Town, South Africa aut Khan W. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/3(2013-03-01), 1-8 0049-6979 224:3<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1477-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1477-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jackson V. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 7535, Bellville, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paulse A. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 7535, Bellville, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Odendaal J. Department of Environmental and Occupational Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 8000, Cape Town, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khan W. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/3(2013-03-01), 1-8 0049-6979 224:3<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer