Assessment of soil and water quality of Barapukuria coal mining site, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Rowshon Shad Fardushe Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902
  • Md Mahbubul Hoque Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902
  • Shimul Roy Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsr.v27i1.26225

Keywords:

Coal, physico-chemical parameters, water quality, soil quality

Abstract

From the field observation it is apparent that the color of coal leached drainage water and the agricultural land water are blackish and slightly blackish respectively, which pollutes surface water and the agricultural land. The study showed the present status of the water quality through analyzing different parameters including color, temperature, pH, EC, DO, TDS, BOD, COD, Cl-, Cu, Zn and Fe as well as the status of soil quality where pH, OC, PO4 -, Cu, Cr and Zn were analyzed. All the water quality parameters (e.g. temperature, pH, EC, TDS, DO, and BOD) were within normal levels but the value of COD was higher, which affects the aquatic environment. The concentration of heavy metals in water varied with Zn > Cu > Cr and in soil the concentration varied with Cu > Cr > Zn.

Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. 27(1): 63-73, June-2014

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Author Biography

Rowshon Shad Fardushe, Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902



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Published

2016-01-04

How to Cite

Fardushe, R. S., Hoque, M. M., & Roy, S. (2016). Assessment of soil and water quality of Barapukuria coal mining site, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 27(1), 63–73. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsr.v27i1.26225

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2014)

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