Nine rivers flowing in the Novosibirsk city were studied. Samples of water and bottom sediments were collected from upper- and downstream in each of them. Standard methods of geochemical research were used. Atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) was applied to study the liquid components (river water and pore solutions from bottom sediments). X-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation (SR-XRF) has been used to analyze solid components (bottom sediments and suspension particles from water)