ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL AND ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN THE WATER AND SEDIMENTS OF LAKE BEYŞEHIR, KONYA
Beyşehir Lake, located within the provinces of Konya and Isparta, is Turkey’s third-largest lake and the country’s largest freshwater resource. Increasing industrialization, agricultural activities, and untreated wastewater discharges within the basin have raised concerns regarding heavy metal and metalloid contaminati...