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Satyanshu Kumar ¹, J. S. Chauhan ¹, K. H. Singh ¹, A. P. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 National Research Center on Rapeseed-Mustard Sewar, Bharatpur 321 303, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Plant and animal foods in addition to supplying essential nutrients for the survival of mankind also possess a variety of bioactive substances such as phenols, flavonoids, vitamins, carotenes and organosulphur compounds which impart protection against risk of cancer, heart and neuro-degenerotive diseases. Brassicae family includes important vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, etc. and oilseeds like rapeseed-mustard. Brassica vegetables are very important in human nutrition as they are being consumed in high quantities throughout the world. They are a good source of many potential protective dietary factors including folic acid and selenium.

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Bineet Singh ¹, J. S. Chauhan ², Anuraag Mohan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, Bareilly College, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly-243 006, U. P., IN
2 Department of Environmental Science, College of Basic Science & Humanities, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate contamination of groundwater due to distillery effluent irrigation. The groundwater chemistry was studied in a series of eight multi-level depth locations of Gajraula and its suburb of JP Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. The treated distillery effluent was used twice @ 225-50 m^³/ha as a pre-sown irrigation. The study was conducted in pre-irrigation and post-irrigation phase for the year 2008-2009. The comparative analysis showed that private wells (shallower hand pumps) have high NO₃^-, BOD and Fe concentrations as compared to the public supply wells (deep boreholes) during the post irrigation. The TDS, Cl^- and Ca⁺² values were found near to IS:10500 permissible limit values i.e., 500 mg/L, 250 mg/L and 75 mg/L respectively. However, negative effect of the effluent irrigation on groundwater quality was reported at R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 sites, which may have been influenced by industrial, local agricultural practices, distillery lagoon and effluent irrigation as mixed sources.

Keywords

Distillery Effluent Irrigation, Groundwater Contamination, Gajraula.

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