Groundwater pollution due to industrial effluent at Tuppa, New Nanded, Maharashtra, India |
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| Authors: | R D Kaplay H S Patode |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Earth Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Vishnupuri, 431 606 Nanded Maharashtra, India |
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| Abstract: | Analyses of 67 samples collected from 25 bore wells and 42 dug wells in the basaltic aquifer at Tuppa, New Nanded, Maharashtra, India over a period of three years revealed that groundwater from this region shows higher content of TDS, Cl, TH, Ca, Mg and SO4 The geochemical characteristic of groundwater is related to pollution. The source of this pollution is effluent from industries. The effluent is discharged in a stream flowing through this area. The effluent is also discharged in the injection wells. The result of this is that pollutants have entered into the aquifer system and flowed farther in the eastern direction. The zone of pollution has an aerial extent of more than 38 km2. The values of molar ratios of effluent sample are either the same or a little higher than the samples from the polluted zone, suggesting that industrial effluent, probably, is the source of pollution in this region. The people from this region have already stopped using water from these polluted wells, which forms the only source of drinking water in the area. |
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| Keywords: | Groundwater pollution Lateral extent of pollution Industrial effluent India |
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