Effect of sugar factory effluent on some physico-chemical properties of soils--a case study
Ratna P Roy1, Jagdish Prasad, A P Joshi
1Department of Chemistry, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.
Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering
|May 15, 2008
Abstract:
The effect of irrigation by sugar factory effluent (spentwash) and the well water from adjoining area has been studied in Wardha district, Maharashtra. The effluent had high TDS (422-608 mgL(-1)), COD (1152-17680 mgL(-1)) and BOD(380-650 mgL(-1)) than well water (TDS 240 mgL(-1), COD 3.8 mgL(-1) and BOD 1.2 mgL(-1)). There found some nutrients, viz. N, P, K, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn in surface layer of soil in different seasons. Heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb) were found to be within the permissible limits.
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