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Physicochemical Profiling of Soil and Water from the Industrial Area of Selaqui in Uttarakhand and the Effect of Effluent on Fertility Parameters of Soil

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Om Dubey1*, Manendra S Chauhan2, Neha Bhatt3, Venkatanarayana Pappula4, Ankita Ravani5
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.5.134

Abstract

Since the existence of Uttarakhand as a new state, it has given many business opportunities to industrialists to invest in the state's economic growth. The pharmaceutical industry is one such sector that has grown exponentially in the spatial region of Uttarakhand, along with many other industries located in the Selaqui industrial area. The industries housed in the industrial region of Dehradun provide medicine, machinery, tools, and other types of equipment to society. The manufacturing and packaging process generates wastewater that has to be treated before being released from the industrial premise and into the nearby stream. If regular monitoring is not done, the industry's effluents may threaten human health and the environment. The present study was a holistic approach to analyzing the effluents released from the industry region, their possible hazard and threats to the soil, and the physicochemical profile of the soil. At the end of the study, the authors have concluded that the physical and chemical properties of water are found to be within the permissible

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