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Roy, Palas
- Nature of Solid Wastes and Its Management Problem in Burdwan Town, West Bengal
Authors
1 Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713104, IN
Source
Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 4 (2010), Pagination: 26-34Abstract
Solid waste management poses crisis in many of the world's large urban areas due to explosive population growth and massive shift of population towards urban. Keeping in mind of the above problem a study has been done to find out the possible sources and the nature of solid wastes generated at different places of Burdwan town, West Bengal. Moreover, a questionnaire was made and was applied the same to the locality adjacent to the dumping centers. It was found that solid wastes mainly are polythene packets, plastic bottles, glass bottles, papers, coal ash, cottons, bandages, injection syringes, jute packets, needles, sands, torn cloths, torn mats, torn sacks, clay pots, scales of fish, rotten vegetable etc. The physicochemical parameter of the solid wastes viz. pH, phosphate, moisture, potassium, organic matter, organic carbon, nitrogen were assessed. The C/N ratio are 7.66-8.41; 0.029- 0.144,21.88-40.67; 0.54-0.67; 6.311-10.976; 3.406-7.011; 0.57 and 5.01-10.11 respectively. The pH of drinking water collected from different distance viz. (5 m, 10 m, 15 m, 20 m) from dumping centers does not show significant difference and ranged between 6.5-6.8.
Keywords
Urban Area, Soud Waste, Physico-Chemical Parameters, Dumping Centre, Drinking Water.
- Arsenic Pollution in Groundwater: Can We Do Anything?
Authors
1 Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, WB, IN
Source
Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 27-36Abstract
Present article demonstrated the origin and toxic nature of arsenic in both animal and plant body. Study results also focused on the accumulation pattern of arsenic in different vegetables, soil and water. Finally it was suggested few house-hold and low-cost technology for removal of such toxic element from drinking water.