Harmful Effects of Certain Industrial Wastes on Geotechnical Properties of Soils - A Review

The geotechnical properties of soils are greatly influenced by interaction with the wastes discharged from industries, which is a matter of great concern to the geotechnical engineers. There is immense need to study the strength and deformation characteristics of soil due to different contaminants present in wastewaters from various sources. Generally, the Industrial wastes consist of acids, alkaline, sulphates, salts, urea (amides) and oil contaminants which lead to modification of soils properties. The effect of these contaminants on geotechnical properties of soils has been presented in this paper.