Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

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Original Articles: 2014 Vol: 6 Issue: 8

Study of utilization of ash pond effluents for plantation within thermal power plants

Abstract

In Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants, along with power generation, solid, liquidand gaseous effluents are generated day-to-day basis. Nowadays zero-discharge policy has been made mandatory for all the industries by the Pollution Control Board. Therefore effluents should be recycled and reused within the industry or it should be minimized rather than disposing the effluents out of the industry. This paper deals with the utilization of such liquid effluents especially ash pond effluent. Keeping this in view, a study was undertaken to analyse the quality of ash pond effluent and utilize it in the area of agriculture for irrigation of plantation crops. Important Water Quality Indices like Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR), Residual Sodium Carbonate (RSC), Mg/Ca Ratio and physicochemical properties were evaluated. It is observed that the ash pond effluent was suitable for irrigation of plantation crops.