A STUDY OF GROUND-WATER CONTAMINATION BY ARSENIC IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF BEHALA, CALCUTTA DUE TO INDUSTRIAL-POLLUTION

被引：93

作者：

CHATTERJEE, A

DAS, D

CHAKRABORTI, D

机构：

[1] JADAVPUR UNIV,SCH ENVIRONM STUDIES,CALCUTTA 700032,W BENGAL,INDIA

[2] UNIV INSTELLING ANTWERP,B-2610 WILRIJK,BELGIUM

[3] JADAVPUR UNIV,DEPT CHEM,CALCUTTA 700032,W BENGAL,INDIA

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION | 1993年 / 80卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/0269-7491(93)90010-L

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Due to the discharge of industrial effluent after production of the insecticide Paris-Green [Copper acetoarsenite Cu(CH3COO)2.3Cu(AsO2)2] by a local factory at the P. N. Mitra Lane, Behala, ground water has become contaminated with arsenic. More than seven thousand people were using this arsenic contaminated tube-well water for drinking and house-hold purposes. Many people of the area were hospitalised and symptoms of arsenic toxicity were visible amongst a large number of the population. Analytical study reveals that soil around the area of effluent dumping point, which is at the middle of the locality, contains a very high concentration of arsenic and copper. For the last 20 years this factory had been producing 20 tons of Paris-Green per year and had been dumping its effluent in that area. It seems, the effluent treatment for arsenic removal was not adequate and finally arsenic percolated to the underground aquifers. Consequently, arsenic concentration in the ground water is very high. Both arsenite and arsenate are present in ground water. An alternate source of water other than the ground water is immediately necessary for the people of P. N. Mitra Lane.

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页码：57 / 65

页数：9

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