Contamination of Heavy Metals in Water around the MSW Dump Site at District Raipur in Chhattisgarh

Shikha Talreja, Beena Sharma, Amit Dubey

The selected site Sarona is a large trenching site for municipal solid wastes. It surrounds the area about 18.49 hectare is an uncontrolled dump site. Water samples were collected from different sources namely open wells, river and bore wells available at varying distance on the site. The analyzed water samples showed the pH value from 8.0 to 8.23, conductivity from 240 to 2360, alkalinity ranged from 350 to 1300, chloride from 40 to 1050, total hardness from 150 to 270, TDS ranged from 396 – 660, ammonia (NH4+) concentration in the samples ranged from 0.5 to 3.5 mg/l. The value of lead in all the samples was observed more than permissible limits of drinking water in accordance with BIS and WHO (0.10 and 0.05 mg/l respectively) i.e. from 0.52639- 0.867955 mg/l. Long-term exposure to lead can affect adversely to nervous system and kidneys [6]. Increasing awareness for health and environmental effects of MSW dumping has the requirement for proper assessment of harmful effects of it.