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Table 4 Annual mean of heavy metal concentration (μg/L) in Burullus Lake water during 2014

From: Impact assessment of some heavy metals on tilapia fish, Oreochromis niloticus, in Burullus Lake, Egypt

Site

Mn

Zn

Fe

Ni

Cu

Pb

Burullus East

0.95

8.42

56.64

6.08

2.34

1.58

Boughaz

0.8

8.01

15

6.16

1.74

7.95

Front of Drain No. 7

1.79

24.09

17.11

6.68

2.14

9.08

Shakhloba

1.35

7.61

41.67

7.49

2.14

3.7

Front of Hoksa

1.34

7.56

14.45

6.6

0.91

8.1

Mastroh

0.14

7.33

31.38

8.22

3.04

10.2

*PL (μg/L)

–

5000

300.00

10

50.00

50.00

  1. *PL (permissible limits) according to guidelines in EPA (2002)