Effect of Stream Pollution on Well Water Contamination
- April 20, 2018
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Civil Engineering
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2018 | ISSN 2321–2705
Effect of Stream Pollution on Well Water Contamination
Sona.M#, Aswathi.P.R*, Bhavia.K.K*
#Assistant professor, Civil Engineering Department, Mdit Ulliyeri, Kerala, India
*PG students, Civil Engineering, Department, Mdit Ulliyeri, Kerala, India
Abstract- River Karimbana is a small multi-purpose reservoir in vatakara town in Calicut district, Kerala. This river had been used for washing, fishing, transportation, irrigation and other domestic uses by the people those who are living in the banks and the surrounded locality. Now a days the river is fund to be in the path of high level pollution due to various sources. The river water is seem to be black and producing high offensive odor and became a public nuisance to that locality. The well water from these local area is contaminated after this stream became polluted. So here we are conducting a study about this river and the well water contamination of this locality.
I. INTRODUCTION
70% of the Earth is covered by water in which only a small portion of the natural resource is fit for human consumption. Out of the Earth’s total water 97% is stored in oceans and remaining 3% is stored in various sources like rivers, lakes and ground water aquifers. In these natural resources rivers have a important role in the life of people and other living organisms surrounding by it. Unfortunately during the past two decades the river water quality deteriorated rapidly. The river karimbana is one of the example for it. While searching for the sources for the pollution we have found that a lots of hotels in the vatakara town is disposing their waste into this stream. Also we had found that a hospital which is situated in the banks of this river is discharging their effluent from their waste water treatment plant to the same river. As a result the river water is seem to be black colour and producing high offensive odor and became a public nuisance to that locality. The well water from these local area is contaminated after this stream became polluted. So here we are conducting a study about this river and the well water contamination of this locality.
