Authors : T. Edwin D. Thangam, V. Nehru Kumar and Y. Anitha Vasline
Abstract: Water beneath the ground has been used for domestic use, livestock and irrigation, since, the earliest times. Ground water are been polluted by the municipal, industrial and other commercial activities. Industrial disposal of effluents in land and the subsequent pollution of ground water, soil of surrounding housing lands and farmlands is relatively a new area of research. Tanneries in an Industrial zone of Ranipet (India) manufactured sodium bi-chromate and chromium sulphate tanning powder. Tamil Nadu Chromate and Chemicals Limited (TCCL) factory generated approximately 1,60,000 metric tons of chromium waste which is dumped in the factory premises to a height of 2-4 m of hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+). Disposal of this waste, face a threat for the people residing in around the area for the past 40 years. Major ions and hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+)were analysed and compared with the WHO and ISI 10500-91 Standards. Evaluation result shows that the ground water is highly contaminated and a threat for the people residing around the area.
T. Edwin D. Thangam, V. Nehru Kumar and Y. Anitha Vasline, 2019. Evaluation of Ground Water Contamination at Tamil Nadu Chromate and Chemicals Limited and its Surrounding Areas in SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Ranipet, Vellore District, India. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 342-347.