Macroplastic and microplastic contamination assessment of a tropical river (Saigon River, Vietnam) transversed by a developing megacity.
2018
Lahens, Lisa | Strady, Emilie | Kieu-Le, Thuy-Chung | Dris, Rachid | Boukerma, Kada | Rinnert, Emmanuel | Gasperi, Johnny | Tassin, Bruno | Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU) ; AgroParisTech-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12) | Centre Asiatique de Recherche sur l'Eau (CARE) ; Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology [Vietnam National University, HCM] (HCMUT) ; Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City / Đại học Quốc gia TP. Hồ Chí Minh (VNU-HCM)-Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City / Đại học Quốc gia TP. Hồ Chí Minh (VNU-HCM) | Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (Fédération OSUG) | Unité Recherches et Développements Technologiques (RDT) ; Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Both macroplastic and microplastic contamination levels were assessed for the first time in a tropical river estuary system, i.e. the Saigon River, that traverses a developing South East Asian megacity, i.e. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The analysis of floating debris collected daily on the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal by the municipal waste management service shows that the plastic mass percentage represents 11-43%, and the land-based plastic debris entering the river was estimated from 0.96 to 19.91 g inhabitant-1d-1, namely 350 to 7270 g inhabitant-1yr-1. Microplastics were assessed in the Saigon River and in four urban canals by sampling bulk water for anthropogenic fiber analysis and 300 μm mesh size plankton net exposition for fragment analysis. Fibers and fragments are highly concentrated in this system, respectively 172,000 to 519,000 items m-3and 10 to 223 items m-3. They were found in various colors and shapes with smallest size and surface classes being predominant. The macroplastics and fragments were mainly made of polyethylene and polypropylene while the anthropogenic fibers were mainly made of polyester. The relation between macroplastic and microplastic concentrations, waste management, population density and water treatment are further discussed.
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