Pollution Research Paper

Vol.32, Issue 02, 2013; Page No.(283-287)

EFFLUENT CHARACTERISATION OF PULP AND PAPER MILL IN MORADABAD AND ITS IMPACT ON PADDY CROP

AKHIL GUPTA, RAINA PAL AND ANAMIKA TRIPATHI

Abstract

Effluent from pulp and paper industry contains various heavy metals such as Cu, Zn, Pb and Ni and also rich in organic material such as lignin. This offers two possibilities Firstly. It is a waste material which is highly toxic and secondly its toxic impact could be minimized. That can offer huge organic material and valuable nutrient at disposal. Keeping this in view, the effluent was characterized on various physico-chemical parameters and current status has been revealed in this paper. Few pot experimentsÂ’ have been conducted with paddy crop, i.e. at different dilution in order to assess the agro potentiality. It has been revealed that at diluted concentration at about ten percent there was an increase in root length (9%), shoot length, (14%) germination percentage (3%) as well as seedling dry weight (6%). This reflects the utility of effluent in diluted concentrations specially at ten percent.

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