Pollution Load Index (PLI) of Field Irrigated with Wastewater of Mawaiya Drain in Naini Suburbs of Allahabad District
Arti Yadav1
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and Pawan Kumar Yadav2
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.13.1.15
Wastewater irrigation is practiced in outskirts of several cities of India. Enhanced growth and productivity of crops possess threat of heavy metal accumulation while irrigated with wastewater. Assessment of heavy metal accumulation in soil flooded with wastewater of Mawaiya drain in Naini region of Allahabad district, using parameter of contamination factor and pollution load index (PLI). Samples of soil were taken from the fields irrigated with wastewater and analyzed for heavy metals by using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The maximum accumulation of heavy metal was observed for iron in soil. Heavy metal contamination is soil was assessed by estimation of contamination factor which was observed for Cu (0.7858), Fe (296.1864), Zn (0.4304), Pb (1.1661) and Ni (1.8912). Pollution load index (PLI) used for assessment of soil contamination and observed that maximum contamination (PLI, 74.31) was in water stressed conditions of summer. Heavy metals concentration in wastewater and accumulation in soil found within WHO limits in present study which may increase if unmanaged wastewater flooding continued.
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Yadav A, Yadav P. K. Pollution Load Index (PLI) of Field Irrigated with Wastewater of Mawaiya Drain in Naini Suburbs of Allahabad District. Curr World Environ 2018;13(1). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.13.1.15
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Yadav A, Yadav P. K. Pollution Load Index (PLI) of Field Irrigated with Wastewater of Mawaiya Drain in Naini Suburbs of Allahabad District. Curr World Environ 2018;13(1). Available from: https://cwejournal.org/?p=1066/
