Water and Sediment Heavy Metal Pollution in Ereniku River of Kosovo

Soil, water and sediment samples were collected in 13 sampling stations along Erenik River, in the western part of Kosovo in order to assess heavy metal pollution. The concentration of hevy metals as Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, Cu and Zn were determinated in water, soil and sediment samples. The concentration of heavy metals in water samples was measured using the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer, while for sediment and soil samples was used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Obtained results showed that the concentrations in soil of heavy metals Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn were under the proposed limit values by the European guideline for "soil background", while the obtained values of Cr in all stations were higher than proposed limit values. The results indicated that heavy metals as Pb, Zn and Cu were found in high portion in fine sediment fraction, while Cr, Ni and Co were in low amount in this sediment fraction.