Sardar Khan
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Asif Muhammad Khan
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Muhammad Noor Khan
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Industrialization has not only provided the basic facilities for human being but also has generated different environmental problems. The environmental consequences of industrial estates are in the forms of air, water, soil and solid wate pollution. The industries play a vital role in the socioeconomic development of an area and provide one of the basic amenities of life and employment. Industrial development changes the social structure of an area, develops and promotes its infrastructure that's why man is bent on industrializing his domain from earlier. The environment acts like a source to supply raw materials for production processes. The present study was conducted in Hayatabad Industrial Estate (HIE), Peshawar, to investigate the individual industrial effluent load. All the industries were divided into five categories like Marble, Match, Steel, Pharmaceutical and Paper and three industry from each category were selected. The samples were collected from end-up-pipe of individual industrial process and were analyzed for different physical and chemical parameters. Effluent of Marble, Match, Steel, Pharmaceutical, and Paper industries were analyzed for pH, Temperature, DO, TDS, TSS, COD and BOD. Heavy metals like Pb, Cd, Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Co, Mn, and Cu were investigated in the effluents of selected industries. The concentrations of BOD, COD, TSS, TDS, Pb, Cr and Ni were found higher than NEQS for industrial discharges. The wastewater flow rate was also calculated for industrial effluent. Wastewater treatment facilities are not present in the industrial estate. The study suggests that huge quantities of wastewater is generating in industrial estate can be minimized through process modification, change in existing equipment, installation of recycling plants and selection of proper trained employees.
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Sardar Khan, Asif Muhammad Khan and Muhammad Noor Khan, 2002. Investigation of Pollutants Load in Waste Water of Hayatabad Industrial Estate, Peshawar, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 457-461.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.457.461
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.457.461
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.457.461
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.457.461