Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentration in groundwater of Shegaon City, Maharashtra, India
Keywords:
Mercury, AAS, Aquifer, Groundwater, Shegaon, Sanitary Landfill, Arsenic, Lead, CadmiumAbstract
Water is one of the most precious natural resource, essential for all activities of human beings as well as all life forms. Fresh water is consumed for domestic, industrial, agriculture, and commercial sectors. Use of water entirely depends on the quality of water. Polluted water affects health of human, plants and animal in different ways. Major sources of groundwater contamination include solid waste dumping, industrial effluents, domestic waste water and some natural sources. Heavy metals are usually discharged through waste materials from domestics, industries and agriculture too. From huge debris of solid waste dumping, and sanitary landfill techniques, heavy metals get accessed to the groundwater through percolation and leaching. Percolating water carries a large amount of heavy metals and get accumulated in aquifers and contaminates groundwater. The consumption of heavy metal contaminated ground water causes a variety of disorders and disease to the human and plants. This study was carried out to investigate the pollution of bore well water in residential areas of Shegaon City, Dist. Buldana Maharashtra, India. In this research, five samples were taken from residential areas of Shegaon City, 1) SBI Colony, 2) Rajeshwar Colony, 3) Shriram Nagar, 4) Akot Road 5) Alasana Road and analyzed to find out the concentration of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury. Five Samples were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS).
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