Evaluation of Dumped Foods Chealates in Adjacent Pond Water Through Physico-Chemical Analysis

Abstract

These days the waste food may be cooked or expired packaged foods are dumped in the soil at a particular spot that is away from the city. These materials are decomposed by the microbes and resulting contaminated water is called leachate. This can permeate through the soil, and may pollute the surface and ground water present in the vicinity. In the present study, two ponds were selected for physico-chemical analysis of water adjacent to the common waste food dumping site. One pond was 8 M away and another 10 meter. The temperature ranged from 290C to 300C, pH 6.25 to 6.58, TDS 220 mg/L to 360 mg/L, turbidity 251.25 to 286.85 NTU, conductivity 305 µs cm to 286 µs cm, alkalinity 154 mg/L to 186 mg/L, D.O. 4.6 mg/L to 6.4 mg/L, Chloride 38.65 to 32.54 mg/L, total hardness 305-380 mg/L, calcium hardness 45 mg/L to 58 mg/L, Magnesium hardness 92 mg/L to 125 mg/L respectively. Heavy metals like Fe ranged between 0.640 to 0.850 mg/L, Cadmium 0.306 mg/L to 0.525 mg/L. The heavy metals like Pb, Cu, Mn were not found in any pond water studied here.