Anthropogenic activity | Change in heavy metal content of water samples (mg∙L−1) | Total pollutant (mg∙L−1) | ||||
Zn | Cu | Mn | Pb | Fe | ||
Agriculture | 1.340 | 0.0 | 0.138 | 2.694 | 0.045 | 4.217 |
Livestock | 1.950 | 0.0 | 0.176 | 2.760 | 0.04 | 4.890 |
Domestic waste | 0.810 | 0.0 | 0.120 | 2.417 | 0.07 | 3.354 |
Carwash | 1.283 | 0.0 | 0.187 | 1.726 | 0.04 | 3.200 |
Total | 6.383 | 0.0 | 0.621 | 9.597 | 0.195 | 15.796 |
Mean per activity | 1.596 | 0.0 | 0.155 | 2.400 | 0.049 | 3.949 |
Percentage change (%) | 149.5 | 0.0 | 203.6 | 92.8 | 31.7 |
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MCL to support aquatic life | 0.0766 | 0.1 | / | 0.0058 | 0.20 |
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MCL for irrigation water | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
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