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IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY - A CASE STUDY OF BADDI-BAROTIWALA INDUSTRIAL BELT, DISTT. SOLAN, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

Abstract

The present study endeavors to identify the groundwater contamination problems in Baddi-Barotiwala Industrial belt of District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. The dense unplanned industrial establishments have negatively affected the groundwater quality in the study area. Groundwater samples from 44 different locations and sources were collected and subjected to standard analytical techniques for physico-chemical analysis. The results obtained were compared with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS: IS: 10500, 2003) guidelines for drinking water suitability in relation to possible health hazards. From the heavy metal analysis it can be inferred that high concentrations of Fe, Cu, Pb and Mn has rendered the groundwater unsuitable for drinking purposes. The disposal of untreated effluents from various industrial units may be the source of groundwater contamination in the area of concern. It is indicative that the quality of groundwater is deteriorating with the ever increasing menace of industrialization in this solace of heavenly abode.

KAMALDEEP, MADHURI S. RISHI, NARESH KOCHHAR AND NIBEDITA GHOSH

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