Monitoring the Concentration of Lead in the Industrial Wastewater of Baloda Bazar District

Abstract

Cement manufacturing Industries is one of the key sectors of the Indian Economy which has been rapidly growing at a rate over 8% and it is estimated to grow more. Balodabazar is known as the Cement Hub of Chhattisgarh, most of the cement industries are running in Balodabazar district of Chhattisgarh. They use plenty of water for the cooling processes at the time of cement manufacturing and discharging effluents into streams and rivers by polluting nearby water resources. In this work, the waste water quality assessment study is attempted by examining the physic-chemical parameters viz. Temperature, pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC), TDS, DO, Total hardness, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, CL-, SO42-, NO3-, and PO43-and also analysis of heavy metal element (lead) is described. The abundance of cations and anions in the analyzed waste water sample is Ca (%)>Mg (%)>Na (%)> K (%) and SO42-(%)>Cl- (%)>NO3- (%)> PO43- (%) respectively. The waste water is found to be acidic in nature and out of 17 samples 6-7 samples are contaminated by lead. It is inferred that the study area is moderately suitable. Almost all water bodies in India have been found to be contaminated by industrial activities. Although the CPCB’s strict guidelines apply to all industries in India, the current state of the environment is far from ideal.