Petroleum and chlorinated hydrocarbons in water from Lake Manzala and associated canals

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203018· OSTI ID:95969

Badawy, M I; Wahaab, R A; Abou Waly, H F ^[1]

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1. National Research Centre, Cairo (Egypt)

Lake Manzala is located at the north eastern edge of Nile Delta in Egypt. It is separated from the Mediterranean sea by a sandy beach ridge. However, the lake is in connection with the sea through three opening nearby Port Said. The area of the lake is about 769 Km{sup 2} and relatively shallow with an average depth of 1.3 m. The lake is of high economic value as a natural resource, for fishery, reacreation and for migratory birds. The lake is highly polluted as it receives wastewaters discharged by several canal. The present investigation aimed to assess the residue levels of petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated insecticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the lake water as well as in Hadous canal, Fariskur canal and Bahr-El-Baqar canal. 9 refs., 1 fig., 3 tabs.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 95969
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 55; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTAMINATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
INSECTICIDES
LAKES
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
PETROLEUM
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS