Impact of dyeing industrial effluents on the groundwater quality in karur town India
International Journal of Development Research
Impact of dyeing industrial effluents on the groundwater quality in karur town India
Received 05th April, 2017; Received in revised form 27th May, 2017; Accepted 26th June, 2017; Published online 31st July, 2017
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The present study is about the presence of dye industries and how their effluents affect the ground water quality in Karur town, located in Tamil Nadu, India. The study also includes physical well water collection and analysis of the town was carried out during 2013 to 2015 to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics of water. Water sampling was collected for six seasons and this reveals that three year average of ground water samples collected from 35 wells distributed on both sides of the river Amaravathi justifies the results. The water analysis implied for 17 drinking water quality parameters indicates, interesting results, which need further interpretation based on the industrial locations and the people surrounding. The current practice of water usage, effluent treatment and discharge and sludge storage and disposal is not sustainable and would cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem while threatening the livelihoods of the farmers in the surroundings of the textile units.
