Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT, cilt.11, sa.2, ss.366-373, 2025 (TRDizin)
Abstract
It is known that in places where natural disasters such as earthquakes occur, earthquake waste is formed, infrastructure facilities are severely damaged, and water resources may be negatively affected as a result. In this study, the amounts of some trace elements in water samples used as drinking water and clean water sources in Kahramanmaraş Elbistan district after the major earthquake on February 6, 2023 were examined. The determination of chromium, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead (Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb) metals was performed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The detection limits (3s) of the studied elements were calculated as Cr: 0.129, Fe: 4.172, Co: 0.073, Cu: 1.023, Zn: 1.829, As: 0.259, Cd: 0.042, Hg: 0.035 and Pb: 1.501 μg L-1 for (n=11), respectively. The calibration slopes of the studied trace elements are higher than 0.997. The accuracy of the method was determined by the certified reference material (CWW-TM-D certified wastewater) study. The recoveries of heavy metals studied in the standard reference material analysis are between 95 and 105%. Samples were taken from the same water sources 3 times at different times and analyzed with the same method. The analysis results obtained were compared with the values of the Turkish Standards Institute, the European Union, the World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency. In our study, it was determined that the lead value in one sample was above the accepted value. It is seen that the elements studied in our other drinking water samples are at acceptable values.
Keywords
Earthquake, Water Analysis, Metal Pollution, ICP-MS