FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Heavy metals, sewage, effluent, irrigated soil, vegetables, transfer factor
Soil and vegetables (lettuce, carrots, and garden egg) were collected fromfarmlands irrigated with treated sewage effluent from Durumi area of Abuja, Nigeria. Heavy metal ions were quantified using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The levels of Zn (4.93 ± 0.10 mg/Kg) at Durumi III, Ni (3.90 ± 0.10 mg/Kg) and Mn (3.95 ± 0.10 mg/Kg) at Durumi II, and Cu (0.96 ± 0.10 mg/Kg) at Durumu I were highest in soil. Highest Zn (2.40 ± 0.01 mg/Kg) and Cu (0.45 ± 0.00 mg/Kg) concentrations in carrots were recorded at Durumi II and Durumi I, respectively. The most accumulated metals in garden egg were Zn (2.30 ± 0.01) and Cu (0.35 ± 0.10 mg/Kg) at Durumi II, and Ni (1.33 ± 0.01 mg/Kg) and Mn (1.15 ± 0.01 mg/Kg) at Durumi III. Lettuce at Durumi II accumulated the highest metal concentrations. Metal concentrations in soil and vegetables varied in the order of Zn > Mn > Ni > Cu > Pb and Zn > Ni > Mn > Cu > Pb, respectively. Carrots accumulated the highest metal concentrations, and the least in lettuce. Cd was the most mobile metal, while Pb the least. Soil-vegetable metal correlations for Pb (0.9584) in carrots and lettuce at Durumi I, Zn in carrots (0.9701) and Mn in lettuce (0.9701) at Durumi III were positively strong. Metal contents in vegetables and soil were not significantly (p≤.05) different. Metal levels in irrigated soil and vegetables were within the FAO/WHO acceptable limits for irrigation and consumption, respectively.
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