PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AND EFFLUENT COLLECTED FROM TANNERY INDUSTRIES IN DINDIGUL, INDIANIRMALA T., M.R. DELPHINE ROSE, K. JENCY PRIYA AND B. VIJAYABHARATHIAbstract Effluents from tannery industry is one of the major sources of coastal environmental pollution. The physico-chemical properties of effluents and soil in an industrial outlet area in Dindigul during January - May, 2017 have been analyzed. The parameters such as pH, Total Dissolved Solids, Total Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulphate, and Phosphate and heavy metals like Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Chromium, Zinc etc., were analyzed using standard protocols. The effluent from the tannery industry was the major source of pollution which will affect the flora and fauna existing in the environment. Thus, there is need for further secondary treatment of tannery effluent before they are discharged in to the environment. The effluents are having the values higher than the permissible limit. |