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Metal Concentrations of River Water and Sediments in West Java, Indonesia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology volume 87, pages 669–673 (2011)Cite this article

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To determine the water environment and pollutants in West Java, the contents of metals and general water quality of the Ciliwung River in the Jakarta area were measured. High Escherichia coli number (116–149/mL) was detected downstream in the Ciliwung River. In addition to evaluate mercury pollution caused by gold mining, mercury contents of water and sediment samples from the Cikaniki River, and from paddy samples were determined. The water was not badly polluted. However, toxic metals such as mercury were detected at levels close to the baseline environmental standard of Indonesia (0.83–1.07 μg/g of sediments in the Cikaniki River). From analyses of the paddy samples (0.08 μg/g), it is considered that there is a health risk caused by mercury.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 18404004 and No. 23406021 for Kurasaki), and by the JST-JICA Project: Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia.

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  1. Environmental Adaptation Science, Division of Environmental Science Development, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Masaomi Yasuda,  Yustiawati, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Shunitz Tanaka & Masaaki Kurasaki

  2. RC for Limnology, Indonesian Institute for Sciences, Cibinong, Indonesia

    M. Suhaemi Syawal

  3. Higher Education Research and Development Division, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0817, Japan

    Toshiyuki Hosokawa

  4. Laboratory of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan

    Takeshi Saito

  5. Group of Environmental Adaptation Science, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Shunitz Tanaka & Masaaki Kurasaki

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Yasuda, M., Yustiawati, M. Suhaemi Syawal et al. Metal Concentrations of River Water and Sediments in West Java, Indonesia. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 87, 669–673 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0411-z

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Keywords

  • Mercury contamination
  • Paddy
  • Water quality
  • West Java