POLLUTION ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN GROUNDWATER AND AGRICULTURAL SOIL IN TAILING OF ZAWAR MINES, UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/9922Keywords:
Heavy metal, groundwater pollution, soil pollution, Pollution load index, Lead-Zinc MineAbstract
Samples of groundwater and agriculture soil were collected from the surroundings of Kanpur Village situated near Zawar Mines, Udaipur to check Pollution Load Index of heavy metals. Kanpur Village is situated at a distance of 1.35km from the Tailing Dam at Zawar Mines. Four samples each of groundwater and agriculture soil were collected from around the village and agriculture fields soil and investigated for Pollution Load Index (PLI) for two seasons. In pre monsoon the PLI in water, ranged between 0.119-0.420 while in post monsoon it ranged from 0.169-0.751. In agriculture soil max. PLI in pre monsoon was 16.09 and min. was 10.80, and in post monsoon max. was 17.78 and min. 15.0. The aim of the present study is to estimate the impact of heavy metal pollution was in the form of the Concentration Factor (CF), Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Translocation Factor in water and soil samples obtained from surrounding of Kanpur village which is situated downstream of the Tailing Dam of Zawar Mines.References
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