Effect of Sugar Mill Effluents on Physico-chemical Properties of Soil of Doiwala Dehradun District of Uttarakhand (India)

Abstract

India is agriculture based country and there is a great demand in water for irrigation. Use of industrial effluent for agricultural and discharge of industrial effluent in the land of irrigation have become common practice in India as a result of which these toxic metals get accumulated in soil. The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of sugar industry on soil quality of area around the sugar industry of Doiwala Dehradun. Soil sampling was done from January to May from 04 different locations around a sugar industry. The various physico-chemical parameters were determined, including pH, Electrical Conductivity, Organic carbon, Potassium, Phosphorus and Sulphur. Results indicate that sugar mill effluent affected various soil parameters such as Organic carbon, Electrical conductivity, Sulphur and Potassium. Addition of nutrients by effluent improves the soil properties but the addition of too much nutrient like sulphur and potassium content in soil become toxic, decline the soil property.