Effect of industrial effluent discharge on physico-chemical characteristics of agricultural soil: An overview

Abstract

Water is the most important natural constituent of life support system. The rapid urbanization and industrialization resulted a huge amount of polluted water which enters into the river and other water bodies causing the serious problem to environment. Due to lack of irrigation water, in the present study industrial effluent of adjoining area of Agra and Mathura used for growing crops. Effluent was containing high COD, BOD values and higher heavy metal content and the soil irrigated with this water was showing the poor status of the nutrients and high contamination of heavy metals. The present study was to evaluate the various adverse effect on the soil characteristics irrigated with effluent.