Water quality analysis of Disposal site and its adjacent area of Guwahati, Assam, India

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Water quality analysis of Disposal site and its adjacent area of Guwahati, Assam, India

Author Affiliations

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 4, Issue (5), Pages 12-17, May,22 (2015)

Abstract

Due to increase of human population and life style, the solid waste is also in increasing manner. Guwahati is one of the major commercial and business places of Northeast India and its holding 149865.9 million populations in a density of 2700 per square kilometer. Due to rapid growth of urbanization 500 hundred metric tonne waste is generated daily from the entire Guwahati city and is dump in Boragaon disposal site near Deepor Beel (A wildlife sanctuary). The present paper investigated the water quality in around the disposal site. The sample was collected from different sampling station like Well, Hand pump, Surface water for a period of one year. Results suggested that the water quality parameters were changing with time and locations but there is no specific pattern is observed. Therefore, it is very difficult to predict whether these changes are due to leachate produced by waste disposal site or some other source. However, water bodies near to the dump site are showing some frequent changes in water quality parameters, may be because of leachate formation.

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[ref1] CPCB, Management of municipal solid waste-status and options, Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, (1995)

[ref2] Zhu D., Asnani P.H., Zurbrugg C., Anapolsky S. and Mani S., Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management in India, A Source Book for Policy Makers and Practitioners, World Bank, Washington D.C., (2008)

[ref3] UNDP, Human Development Report, The United Nations Development Programme, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, (1997)

[ref4] FICCI, Survey on the current Status of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities and the Potential of Landfill Gas to Energy Projects in India, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Federation House, New Delhi, (2009)

[ref5] APHA, Standard methods for examination of water and waste water, Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington D.C. 21stEdition, (2005)