Chemical Parameters
These include:
- Heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc) and other metals (aluminium, boron, iron, manganese, selenium, silver and vanadium);
- Organotins (Tributyl tin (TBT) and dibutyl tin (DBT));
- Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH);
- Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (USEPA 16);
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) including 25 congeners;
- Ammonia; and
- Sulphide
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