Authors :
Aman Pratap Singh; Aman; Vishant Varma; Raju V. John
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6425487
Abstract :
With the increasing industrialization and
urbanization, the vastness of waste is steadily increasing
day by day. This is mostly passed on to the main sewage
system and falls on the land, from there this wastewater is
released directly into the river. This increases the
turbidity of the river and the people living there are
affected by it. Thus the consumption of contaminated
water in animals and humans causes many metabolic
disorders. Levels of Heavy metals, concentration of Alkali
and Alkaline earth metals were measured in industrial
wastewater, for this water samples were collected from
ten different points of Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.
Some physicochemical parameters of wastewater were
also analyzed like pH, EC, TDS, Total Hardness, COD,
Chlorides. The TDS was found to be in the range of 409 to
4290 ppm; whereas the COD was 68 to 772 mg/l. In
addition, the minimum value of Chloride was 170mg/l and
the maximum value was 1356.1 mg/l. Furthermore, the
hardness was 350 to 2205 mg/l as CaCO3. In contrast,
Heavy metals were investigated and compared with the
Standard limits of water. The concentration of all the
physiochemical properties and levels of heavy metals in
industrial wastewater is higher than standard parameters
given by WHO, USEPA, ICMR, BIS & CPCB. These
effluences are not suitable for drinking and irrigation
purposes. Thisinvestigation reflects a very squalid quality
of water in this area. The consequence of the existing
study points out the need to take inexorable steps before
discharging the wastewater into the main drainage or
river and the health risk status of wastewater for residents
and aquatic living beings.
Keywords :
Contaminated Water, Industrialization, Heavy Metals, Accumulation, Physio-Chemical Properties.
With the increasing industrialization and
urbanization, the vastness of waste is steadily increasing
day by day. This is mostly passed on to the main sewage
system and falls on the land, from there this wastewater is
released directly into the river. This increases the
turbidity of the river and the people living there are
affected by it. Thus the consumption of contaminated
water in animals and humans causes many metabolic
disorders. Levels of Heavy metals, concentration of Alkali
and Alkaline earth metals were measured in industrial
wastewater, for this water samples were collected from
ten different points of Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.
Some physicochemical parameters of wastewater were
also analyzed like pH, EC, TDS, Total Hardness, COD,
Chlorides. The TDS was found to be in the range of 409 to
4290 ppm; whereas the COD was 68 to 772 mg/l. In
addition, the minimum value of Chloride was 170mg/l and
the maximum value was 1356.1 mg/l. Furthermore, the
hardness was 350 to 2205 mg/l as CaCO3. In contrast,
Heavy metals were investigated and compared with the
Standard limits of water. The concentration of all the
physiochemical properties and levels of heavy metals in
industrial wastewater is higher than standard parameters
given by WHO, USEPA, ICMR, BIS & CPCB. These
effluences are not suitable for drinking and irrigation
purposes. Thisinvestigation reflects a very squalid quality
of water in this area. The consequence of the existing
study points out the need to take inexorable steps before
discharging the wastewater into the main drainage or
river and the health risk status of wastewater for residents
and aquatic living beings.
Keywords :
Contaminated Water, Industrialization, Heavy Metals, Accumulation, Physio-Chemical Properties.
