Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

GROUND WATER POLIUTION AND OCCURANCE OF EXCESS NITRATES BESIDE NANCIEDL IN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.

Deshmukh J.U., Tasneem Siddiqui and Airbort N.E

Abstract

Nitrate and nitrite are considered together because conversion Irom one form to the other occurs in the environment. Several physico-chemical parameters studied from ground water beside Nanded city out of these Nitrates are in higher quantity, which affects health of people. Fertilizer use, decayed vegetables and animal matter domestic effluents, sewage sludge disposal to land, industrial discharges, leachiest ' from refuse dump, and atmospheric washout all contribute to these ions in water sources. Excess of nitrates causes health effects like methaemoglobinaemia.