Effect of polluted water on soil and plant contamination by heavy metals in  El-Mahla El-Kobra, Egypt

Mahmoud, Esawy Kasem; Ghoneim, Adel Mohamed

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-703-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-703-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-703-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Research article

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29 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2016

Effect of polluted water on soil and plant contamination by heavy metals in El-Mahla El-Kobra, Egypt

Esawy Kasem Mahmoud and Adel Mohamed Ghoneim

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RC1: 'Paper revision', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Feb 2016
- SC1: 'Author response-Effect of Polluted Water on Soil,Sediments and Plant Contamination by Heavy Metals in El- Mahla El-Kobra, Egypt', Adel Ghoneim, 21 Feb 2016
- SC2: 'Author responses', Adel Ghoneim, 21 Feb 2016
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Mar 2016
- RC3: 'My comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Mar 2016
AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Effect of polluted water on soil, sediments and plant contamination by heavy metals in El-Mahla El-Kobra, Egypt”', esawy mahmoud, 11 Apr 2016

Short summary

Delta drains receive high concentrations of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial, domestic as well as diffuse agricultural waste water. High priority should be given to Zefta and drain no.5 sites which receive high loads of pollutants. This was confirmed by the lower water quality and polluted soils, especially by heavy metals in the El-Mahla El-Kobra area.