Nature Environment and Pollution Technology

A. V. Narasimha Rao ¹, M. Chittaranjan ²

Affiliations
1 Deptt. of Civil Engineering, S. V. U. College of Engineering, S. V. University, Tirupati-517 502, A. P., IN
2 Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla-522 101, Dist. Guntur, A. P., IN

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Industrial Wastes, Leachates, Geotechnical Properties of Soils.

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