Industrial Effluent Essay

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A Case Study: Effect of industrial effluent contaminated water disposed in Chambal River on irrigative land

Abstract: As India is an agricultural growth based economy and it is of prime importance to have a view on effect of effluent waste water on irrigative land, its adverse and beneficial effect on soil fertility, seeds germination and crop yield. This study is to present scarcity of water in irrigation and reuse of industrial effluent from river cause accumulation of N, P, K, heavy metals (Na+, Ca++, Mg++, K+ and Fe), Chloride, Ammonia and Total Dissolved Solids. This caused a long term effect on soil fertility but along with it is also have some positive effect likewise contaminated river water contains high NPK in it, which meets the fertilizer needs.
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The irrigation with this water affects the crop and there are some possible solutions of this problem associated with industrial effluent.

• Diluted textile effluent may be used for crops without affecting soil quality.
• Application of ventury setup in drip or spray irrigation where zeolite/ kaolin filters can be added to reduce the heavy metal availability to soil.
• The concerning government bodies has to spread awareness and represent a modal to use bio-fertilizer, which boost the yield potentials as well as decreases the metal availability to plants.
• Cultivating horticulture plants like sevanthi, marigold, isabgol and guar gum help in improving soil quality.
• Fruit plants and trees like Orange, Jack Fruit, Jujube Fruit, Guava and Pomegranate should be cultivated because it gives long term productivity and regular crops can cultivated between their rows.
• Some new crops which absorb heavy metals and reduce heavy metal concentration in soil may be cultivated.
• Continuous monitoring of industrial effluent must be done to avoid excessive accumulation of heavy

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