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The results show that the highest concentrations were recorded at the M-1 sampling point for both the dry season and the rainy season. These concentrations are well above the Peruvian Environmental Quality Standards (WQS) for water. In the same way, point M-1 was identified as the most critical and vulnerable to contamination in the study area by heavy metals that are above WQS.
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Likewise, the survey technique was applied, for which a question sheet was prepared for the surrounding population according to the activities carried out in this part of the basin, obtaining data to determine the effects caused by mining pollution on the surrounding life.
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The quality of the waters of the Ananea River is contaminated by the presence of heavy metals and these have been causing negative effects on all the surrounding life found in the study area.
Roberto Alfaro-Alejo
Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
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This page is a summary of: Seasonal variation of heavy metals in surface water of the Ananea river contaminated by artisanal mining, Peru, IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, December 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/614/1/012167.
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