Metals Water Sediment
  Without Cu-MBDTC With Cu-MBDTC Without Cu-MBDTC With Cu-MBDTC
Ni(II)- sample 0.13 ± 0.11 11.7 ± 5.5 9.3 ± 1.1 13.2 ± 1.1
Ni(II)- control 0.07 ± 0.01 8.10 ± 0.14 7.20 ± 0.50 9.20 ± 0.14
Cr(III)- sample 0.17 ± 0.08 6.06 ± 0.80 15.9 ± 1.7 19.5 ± 0.9
Cr(III)- control 0.06 ± 0.01 4.20 ± 0.14 10.8 ± 1.2 13.1 ± 1.2
Mn(II)- sample 0.28 ± 0.05 18.7 ± 4.2 47.1 ± 12.3 63.4 ± 18.2
Mn(II)- control 0.20 ± 0.02 10.8 ± 0.9 18.9 ± 1.8 46.5 ± 2.6
Pb(II)- sample 0.10 ± 0.02 7.8 ± 1.5 14.7 ± 1.5 21.9 ± 3.2
Pb(II)- control 0.05 ± 0.01 4.70 ± 0.90 10.9 ± 0.9 14.3 ± 3.1
Co(II)- sample 0.06 ± 0.02 1.52 ± 0.11 3.72 ± 0.58 5.6 ± 1.3
Co(II)- control 0.01 ± 0.00 1.20 ± 0.00 2.65 ± 0.35 4.55 ± 0.49
Table 4: Average metal ions concentrations (ppm) in water and sediment before and after co-precipitation with copper(II) – methylbutyl dithiocarbamate (Cu- MBDTC).