Author(s)

Ankit Yadav¹, Keshaw Prakash Rajhans¹, Shobhana Ramteke¹, Bharat Lal Sahu¹, Khageshwar Singh Patel^1*, Borislav Blazhev²

¹School of Studies in Chemistry/Environmental Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India.
²Central Laboratory for Chemical Testing and Control, Sofia, Bulgaria.

The most of iron, cement, paper and plastic related industries are running in Raipur area of the country. They use a large amount of water by discharging effluents into the streams and rivers by polluting nearby water resources. In this work, the physico-chemical characteristics of discharged waste water of 34 industries (i.e. iron, steel, power, paper and polymer) are described. The waste water is found to be acidic in nature with high contents of F- and other ions.

Waste Water Quality, Acidity, Fluoride, Metals

Yadav, A. , Rajhans, K. , Ramteke, S. , Sahu, B. , Patel, K. and Blazhev, B. (2016) Contamination of Industrial Waste Water in Central India. Journal of Environmental Protection, 7, 72-81. doi: 10.4236/jep.2016.71007.