Analysis of Metal in Wastewater Collected from Three Pharmaceutical Industries Located in Tongi Area of Gazipur District

Authors

  • Shakibul Islam Department of Environmental sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
  • AKM< Rashidul Alam Department of Environmental sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
  • Shahidul Islam Analytical Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v45i3.6538

Keywords:

Metals, Pharmaceutical wastewater, DoE standards

Abstract

Wastewater qualities of three pharmaceutical industries were determined during July 2005 to January 2006. Alkaline earth metals including calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) of wastewater ranged 41.79-54.5mgL-1 and 10.5996-32.2926 mgL-1, respectively. Alkali metals including potassium (K) and sodium (Na) of wastewater ranged 3.44-18.98 mgL-1 and 67.57- 128.71 mgL-1, respectively. Transition metal iron (Fe) ranged 1.02-2.13 mgL-1. On an average metals including zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni) and cadmium (Cd) were in trace amount i.e. 84.32 μ gL-1, 11.59 μ gL-1, 4.96 μ gL-1 and 0.1047 μ gL-1, respectively in the wastewater. Copper (Cu) was undetected in wastewater. The average amount of iron of site N, magnesium of site S and potassium of site B of wastewater were higher than that of the standard of Department of Environment (DoE) of Bangladesh.

Key words: Metals; Pharmaceutical wastewater; DoE standards.

DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v45i3.6538

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 45(3), 277-282, 2010

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Islam, S., Alam, A. R., & Islam, S. (2010). Analysis of Metal in Wastewater Collected from Three Pharmaceutical Industries Located in Tongi Area of Gazipur District. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 45(3), 277–282. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v45i3.6538

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 3 (2010)

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Short Communications

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