Assessment of the Impact of Wastewater Use on Soil Properties in the Fringe Area of Jalgaon City

Harshad R. Kakade; Nisarga G. Pawar

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Assessment of the Impact of Wastewater Use on Soil Properties in the Fringe Area of Jalgaon City

Harshad R. Kakade, Nisarga G. Pawar

Abstract :

The concern of this study is to determine the quality of soil when irrigated using treated wastewater TWW in comparison with soil irrigated with groundwater. Thus, about six soil samples from fringe area of Jalgaon city were examined to assess the soil behavior when using wastewater.Results showed decreased in pH unit from 8.06 in soil irrigated with ground water to 6.68 in soil irrigated with wastewater. Evaluation of individual parameters which have risks for human health and environment was performed. Physicochemical properties of soil irrigated with wastewater were higherwhen compared to those obtained with soil irrigated using groundwater respectively; for EC, TDS, Na, K, P, and N. On the other side, this research showed that the soil irrigated with wastewater has the best concentration of organic matter, which was equal to (2.14) (%) compared to (0.67) (%) obtained for soil irrigated with groundwater. Therefore, the investigationshowed that treated wastewater can efficiently be used as fertility source for soil; alongside that wastewater irrigation had a high impact on soil pollution.