TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of Ground Water Contamination at Tamil Nadu Chromate and
Chemicals Limited and its Surrounding Areas in SIPCOT Industrial
Complex, Ranipet, Vellore District, India
AU - Thangam, T. Edwin D. AU - Vasline, Y. Anitha AU - Kumar, V. Nehru 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SP  - 342
EP  - 347
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.342.347
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.342.347
KW  - total chromium
KW  -hexavalent chromium
KW  -water contamination
KW  -Physio-chemical parameters
KW  -WHO
KW  -ISI 10500-91 standards
AB  - Water beneath the ground has been used for domestic use, livestock and irrigation, since, the earliest
times. Ground water are been polluted by the municipal, industrial and other commercial activities. Industrial
disposal of effluents in land and the subsequent pollution of ground water, soil of surrounding housing lands
and farmlands is relatively a new area of research. Tanneries in an Industrial zone of Ranipet (India)
manufactured sodium bi-chromate and chromium sulphate tanning powder. Tamil Nadu Chromate and
Chemicals Limited (TCCL) factory generated approximately 1,60,000 metric tons of chromium waste which is
dumped in the factory premises to a height of 2-4 m of hexavalent Chromium (Cr<sup>6+</sup>). Disposal of this waste, face
a threat for the people residing in around the area for the past 40 years. Major ions and hexavalent Chromium
(Cr<sup>6+</sup>)were analysed and compared with the WHO and ISI 10500-91 Standards. Evaluation result shows that the
ground water is highly contaminated and a threat for the people residing around the area.
ER  -