EFFLUENT TREATMENT EMPHASIS ON SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract

Now a day’s water quality is a   challenging problem to the society and the government. Water sources such as river, pond etc., are heavily polluted by the
industrial effluent, so treating effluent is necessary. Waste water discharged from the fertilizer industry is one of the sources of environmental contamination. It discharges their wastewater into river after treating the Effluent present initial. Various stages of treatment were done in the effluent treatment plant of the factory. The principal contaminants are Phosphate, Fluorine, and Ammonia cal Nitrogen. The Raw effluent was treated with lime (Ca (OH) 2) in order to remove the pollutants from the effluent. This study was carried out to check the parameters such as pH, TDS, TSS, Phosphate, Fluorine, Ammonia cal Nitrogen and found to be in compliance with the permissible limit of Kerala State Pollution Control Board. The water quality parameters were analyzed using various analytical
techniques. The metals (Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe)  present in the samples were analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and phosphate by UV-Vis spectrophotometer.