Element

Treated waste water

Sewage sludge

Sediment, road runoff basin

Compost*

Leachate, landfill

Leachate, waste product**

Stack gas, waste incineration***

Unit

mg/L

mg/kg dw

mg/kg dw

mg/kg dw

mg/L

mg/L

mg/m3

Lead

0.33-1.9

110,000

210,000

39,000

2.6

320

18-280

Cadmium

0.12

3,000

2,200

440

0.35

13-670

1.3-24

Antimony

0.45-1.3

4,100

580-3,900

280

5.7

1.9-8.8

0.48-<5

Beryllium

<0.03

330

780

300

<0.03

<0.03

<2.6-<0.2

Bismuth

<0.03

1,500

500-1,900

140

<0.2

<0.2

<0.016-<5

Boron

800

76,000

44,000

33,000

1,700-9,400

1,100

-

Gallium

<0.02-0.12

2,200-6,400

4,700

1,800

0.24

0.23

<0.11-<0.2

Indium

<0.009

34-94

65

17

<0.04

<0.04

<0.045-<0.2

Lithium

16

5,500

16,000

4,700

49-200

330

<9.1-1.0

Molybdenum

4.3

11,000

3,700-11,000

1,500

0.5-9.0

27-1.100

120-1.5

Palladium

0.85

1,000

920

350

1.9

0.077-<0.03

0.22

Platinum

0.063

24

13

4.8

<0.03

<0.03-0.22

<0.041-<0.2

Vanadium

1.9

23,000

58,000

15,000

70

29-220

<39-<5.2