Determination of Physicochemical and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil and Well Waters Samples Around Steel Recycling Company in Osun State, Nigeria.

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@article{1707276,
      author = {Fatukasi Bolade Adetutu, Fawole O. Olubanjo, Ishola O. Adebayo, Afolabi, O. Adediran},
      title = {Determination of Physicochemical and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil and Well Waters Samples Around Steel Recycling Company in Osun State, Nigeria.},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {8},
      number = {8},
      pages = {715-726},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1707276.pdf},
      abstract = {The steel industry produces various industrial processes and raw materials, resulting in effluents with high concentrations of heavy metals. These pollutants can cause environmental degradation and harm to soil quality even to the surrounding wells. Samples of soil and wellwaters around the industry were tested for physicochemical parameters and heavy metals of lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, iron, and manganese and analyzed using variance and Duncan multiple range tests at 0.05 level of significance. The physicochemical parameters of the soil and wellwaters still falls within the permissive limit of the standard limit while higher concentration of heavy metals of Zinc, Cadmium, Maganese, Iron and Lead with 413 ? 0.06, 222 ? 0.05, 894.74 ? 0.03, 1184.73 ? 0.05 and 33.4 ? 0.3 mg/ kg respectively were obtained in the soil samples and compared with the standard permissive values of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria and analysis of the wellwater samples revealed the presence of heavy metals in which lead had the highest concentration ranging from 0.80 ? 0.12 to 0.81 ? 0.09 mg/l in all the months examined with highest values in well six being the closest to the company. Due to the higher concentration of these heavy metals in the soil, which may have direct and indirect, short- and long-term impacts on any plants planted nearby the industry, it can be inferred from this study that the soil cannot be used for agricultural purposes and the nearby well is not too good for domestic or drinking water.},
      keywords = {Soil, Wellwater, Heavy Metals, Steel industries},
      month = {February},
  }