Study of the Waste Water Quality of Malwa Region, Bathinda, Punjab (India)

Jyoti Shah¹ , Rajeev Sharma² , Indu Sharma³

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.3 , Issue.2 , pp.4-8, Apr-2016

Online published on May 21, 2016

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Abstract :
The aim of paper is to analyze the physicochemical properties of waste water of Bathinda, Punjab (India). Now Bathinda is the well developed industrialized city in Punjab. Bathinda is the hometown of Thermal Power Plant, Ambuja Cement Factory, National Fertilizer Limited (NFL), chemicals, and dyes industries etc. These industries consume large quantity of water. Waste water discharged from these industries into natural water bodies; contaminate ground water, surface water and the soil of nearby fields. Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) like World Health organization (WHO), Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) set the permissible limits for the discharge of waste water into natural water bodies. The physicochemical parameters studied were color, odor, pH, temperature, Electrical Conductivity (EC), turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Solids (TS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), calcium and chlorides. Heavy metals studied were arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, and lead which enter into the food chain and cause various diseases in humans and animals. From overall analysis it was observed that the waste water is highly contaminated and showed wide variations in physicochemical parameters. In the present paper an attempt has been made in physicochemical characterization of waste water to check the pollution level. The result of present research pointed out the need of some cheap remedies to treat the waste water so that it can be reused/recycled.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Waste Water; Physicochemical Parameters; Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD); Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD); Heavy Metals

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