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. 2016 Oct 6;4:39–48. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2016.10.002

Table 2.

Concentrations of PAHs in the Wet Season Groundwater Samples (μg L−1).

Wet Season
Site Naphthalene Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Anthracene Fluoranthene Fluorene Phenanthene Mean ± SD
M1 0.80 ± 0.14 BDL BDL BDL 0.94 ± 0.00 2.84 ± 0.00 4.29 ± 2.04 2.22 ± 1.67
M2 4.57 ± 0.81 0.06 ± 0.00 0.09 ± 0.00 0.96 ±0.02 BDL 37.49 ± 0.48 1.26 ± 0.50 7.41 ± 14.83
M3 1.69 ± 0.29 BDL 0.06 ± 0.00 0.23 ±0.00 BDL 45.62 ± 29.32 2.08 ± 0.49 9.94 ± 19.97



E1 1.51 ± 0.17 BDL BDL 0.00 ± 0.00 BDL 98.29 ± 67.26 2.10 ± 0.25 25.49 ± 48.55
E2 0.67 ± 0.06 0.02 ± 0.00 0.08 ± 0.00 0.02 ± 0.00 BDL 11.89 ± 1.09 0.29 ± 0.02 2.16 ± 4.77
E3 14.31 ± 1.25 0.11 ± 0.00 BDL 0.03 ±0 0.01 BDL BDL BDL 4.82 ± 8.22



Y1 2.74 ± 0.31 0.05 ± 0.00 0.22 ± 0.00 2.91 ±2.03 BDL 165.19 ± 30.69 7.06 ± 3.28 9.69 ± 66.43
Y2 11.25 ± 0.91 BDL BDL BDL BDL 43.36 ± 0.00 0.55 ± 0.25 18.39 ± 22.28
Y3 0.18 ± 0.03 0.01 ± 0.00 0.04 ± 0.00 0.42 ±0.26 BDL 0.93 ± 0.00 0.76 ± 0.28 0.39 ± 0.39



I1 90.01 ± 3.92 0.01 ± 0.00 BDL 0.01± 0.00 BDL 698.99 ± 0.00 12.65 ± 5.22 160.34 ± 303.45
I2 4.61 ± 0.39 0.06 ± 0.00 BDL BDL BDL 199.63 ± 50.25 14.80 ±4.10 54.78 ± 96.77
I3 1.16 ± 0.10 0.02 ± 0.00 0.08± 0.00 BDL BDL 4.31 ± 0.00 9.09 ± 0.92 2.93 ± 3.86



Range 0.67–90.01 0.01–0.11 0.04–0.22 0.01–2.91 0.93–698.93 0.29–14.80 0.39–160.34



Mean ± SD 11.13 ± 25.24 0.04 ± 0.34 0.10 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.95 0.94 ±0.00 118.96 ± 203.78 5.00 ± 5.17 24.88 ± 45.29

BDL = Below Detection Limit; SD = Standard deviation.