Impact of Municipal Solid Waste disposal on ground water quality near Mathuradaspura-Langadiyawas dumping sites, Jaipur City, India

Abstract

Groundwater is a precious natural water resource considered as a readily available and safe source of water for domestic, agriculture and industrial uses.The quality of ground water is of paramount importance.But, many human activities like agricultural pollution, urbanization, industrialization, and improper solid waste management are major source of environmental pollution, deteriorating the quality of groundwater.In this view, present study was carried out to assess the impact of existing landfill sites on ground water quality at Mathuradaspura and Langadiya was at Jaipur, Rajasthan.In order to achieve this,24 well water samples around landfill site at different distance were collected and analyzed for physico-chemical parameters pH, EC, TDS, Total Hardness, Salinity, nitrate & Fluoride along with Heavy metals Zn, Mn, Ni, Fe, Pd, Cd and Cu.Results revealed that the study area is most affected by salinity, high Fluoride and high Nitrate problems.The heavy metal analysis for these samples showed that Ni & Fein some sampling sites are beyond the permissible limit of BIS whereas Pb& Cd were worst affected the quality of ground water in the study area. .