IMPACT OF FOOD INDUSTRY EFFLUENT ON SOIL AND CROPS OF GUMTHALA VILLAGE IN NAGPUR DISTRICT

MAYA RAUT¹, A.R. MHASKE²*, S.S. BALPANDE³, S.N. GAWANDE^4
1College of Agriculture, Nagpur, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra
²Agricultural Engineering Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra
³College of Agriculture, Nagpur, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra
⁴Shri Shivaji College of Agriculture, Amravati, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra
* Corresponding Author : mhaskear@gmail.com

Received : 03-08-2016     Accepted : 04-09-2016     Published : 30-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 52       Pages : 2500 - 2503
Int J Agr Sci 8.52 (2016):2500-2503

Keywords : Effluents, Fertility status, Irrigation quality, Micronutrients content
Academic Editor : Dr Deepak Kumar Kashyap
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author is thankful to Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Nagpur for Providing facilities during research work
Author Contribution : None declared

The study was conducted to estimate the characteristics food industrial effluents, well and canal water for irrigation and to assess the possible impacts on soil and crop during the year of 2011-12. Mixture of treated and untreated effluents of namkin, milk and rasgulla industries, water quality class comes under C2S1 to C3S1, which is moderately high salinity to low sodium hazards. The RSC of the effluent except milk industry and lake effluent was higher in range i.e. 2.63 to 3.54 indicating unsuitable for irrigation, due to as it may develop sodicity in soil by its continuous use. The RSC of milk industry, canal, lake and well water was observed in the range of 1.11 to 2.31 me L-1, which comes under marginally suitable class for irrigation. The micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) in effluent were within the permissible limit of NEQS. Soils receiving effluent irrigation and crops grown were containing higher proportion of micronutrients as compared to soils and crops receiving well water and canal water irrigation. The soils receiving mixed industrial effluent irrigation were found rich in available N, P, K and organic carbon as compared to soils receiving well water and canal water irrigation.