sewage effluent (SE) on mobilization of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd, a sandy soil from central region
of Saudi Arabia, were studied in columns experiment. All solutions were able to mobilize,
only, very small portions (less than 0.55%) of total amount of Pb previously added to soil.
The affinity of Pb to soil is higher than the ability of organic and inorganic ligands of CHCME,
COWME and SE to form soluble complexes with soil Pb. Although the amounts of soil Zn …