Assessment of the Effect of Solid Waste Dump Site on Surrounding Soil and River Water Quality in Tepi Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Heavy metal result of soil samples at Tepi town solid waste dump site along different sample locations and guideline values.

Soil sample site	pH	EC (μS/cm)	Lead (mg/kg)	Copper (mg/kg)	Cadmium (mg/kg)	Zinc (mg/kg)
10 m	8.7 ± 0.21	4920 ± 1.04	57.56 ± 0.26	286.11 ± 0.2	2.26 ± 0.02	859.41 ± 0.02
30 m	8.4 ± 0.1	3490 ± 0.66	52.21 ± 0.02	204.06 ± 0.06	1.6 ± 0.01	623.93 ± 0.29
60 m	8 ± 0.1	1800 ± 0.5	3.26 ± 0.25	337.11 ± 0.01	0.53 ± 0.01	826.45 ± 0.01
US/EPA standard	6.5–8.5	1400	50–100	150–200	1.4	300
EEPA (2003) standard	6.5–9	1000	40	500	0.5	500