Abstract
16Jun 2018 HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN GROUNDWATER OF KALI RIVER, SUB-BASIN, ALIGARH CITY, U.P. (INDIA). Aqsa Irfan and S. Khurshid. Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Highlights
Kali river Sub-basin of Aligarh City U.P
Study have shown that there is a considerable variation in the concentration of heavy metal from one sampling station to other which may be due to the variation in the quality of industrial and sewage waste being added to the river at different places
The result are compared with the specification prescribed by the Bureau of Indian standard (BIS) 1993 and World Health organization (WHO) 2004
Summary
The study has been carried out to assess the groundwater quality of Received: 09 April 2018 Final Accepted: 11 May 2018 Published: June 2018. In the recent time Sand and gravel pits are filled up with domestic waste This kind of disposal is not sealed and water soluble substances are dissolved by rainfall and infiltrate to the ground water, where by the quality of ground water, needed for drinking and industrial purposes is endangered. Especially the waste water from electroplating, chemical, electrical and electronics, textiles, metal based and other heavy engineering industries release high amount of undesirable metals as pollutants in to the water stream These metals become partitioned among water, sediment and the Biota of the aquatic system. District Aligarh falling in central Ganga plain lie in the interfluvial tract of river Ganga and Yamuna.
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