Dispersion of heavy metals in textile effluent and pond environment in Panipat industrial area

Abstract

The Panipat region is well known textile industrial zone of Northern India and have a large number of dye houses and textile processes units. The dyeing house industries uses a large volume of water for wet dip coloring process and draine most of the waste water as effluent. The effluent containing composite mixture of different pollutant in terms of heavy metals. Metal accumulation in sediments provides a record of the spatial and temporal history of pollution from surface water to ground water. The dispersion of heavy metals from textile effluents to adjoining pond system ultimately affect quality of water. The present study revealed that pond sediment found highly polluted regarding heavy metals load. Transfer factor for Fe, Mn, Ni and Pb was found very high in pond through open effluent drainage system.

Keywords

• Textile effluent
• Heavy metals
• Pond sediment
• Aquatic environment