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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2020

Ecological risks of heavy metals/metalloid discharged from two sewage treatment works to Mai Po Ramsar site, South China.

Yu Bon Man, Kim Man Lei, Ka Lai Chow, Anna Oi Wah Leung, Wing Yin Mo, Ming Hung Wong

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu Bon ManConsortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research (CHEER), and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Kim Man LeiConsortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research (CHEER), and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Ka Lai ChowDepartment of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Anna Oi Wah LeungCroucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Wing Yin MoDepartment of Science, School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Ming Hung WongConsortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research (CHEER), and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. minghwong@eduhk.hk.
Education University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong Baptist University · HKHong Kong Metropolitan University · HKSouthern University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concentrations of six heavy metal/metalloids (HMs) cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and arsenic (As) were determined in the influent, effluent, and dewatered sludge of two sewage treatment works (Yuen Long Sewage Treatment Work (YLSTW) and Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Work (SWHSTW)) and river waters and sediment (Shan Pui River and Ng Tung River) within the Mai Po Ramsar site in Hong Kong SAR, China. In both STWs, Pb had the highest removal efficiencies (YLSTW 86.5 ± 19.0% to 97.3 ± 3.04%; SWHSTW 87.4 ± 12.8% to 100 ± 0.0800%). In the whole effluent toxicity test, both STWs were effective in lowering the toxicity of the effluent to zebrafish and cherry shrimp. The environmental risk assessments of these HMs on three local aquatic organisms, three species of fish, two species of crustaceans, and three species of algae, were calculated based on measured HMs concentrations in river water and sewage samples, and the predicted no-effect concentrations. Results showed that Zn concentrations in all collected samples posed potential risks to all studied aquatic organisms (average risk quotient = 445). The concentrations of Cu in the rivers posed potential risks (average risk quotient = 5.42) to all fish species. It was concluded that Zn and Hg derived from the STWs might pose potential risks to the living organisms inhabiting the Ramsar site, and Cu, Cd, Pb, and As in the rivers were originated from the two rivers and possibly other tributaries.

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AnimalsChinaEnvironmental MonitoringGeologic SedimentsHong KongMetalloidsMetals, HeavyRisk AssessmentRiversSewageWater Pollutants, ChemicalMetalloidsMetals, HeavySewageWater Pollutants, ChemicalEnvironmental risk assessmentRemoval efficiencySecondary treatmentWater quality parametersWhole effluent toxicity test

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PMID32602080
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