Effects of a Giant Pulp and Paper Mill on the Pollutant Accumulating Capacity of the Soil with Special Reference to its Carbon Sequestering Potential
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Inadequately treated effluents from industry have serious environmental and public health concerns. Even low level discharges create problems through accumulation in water and soil. In the present work, the pollutant accumulating capacity and the general environmental health status of soil which is a repository of treated and untreated effluent discharges and solid waste dumping of a giant pulp and paper mill have been evaluated with respect to some selected physicochemical parameters. The pollutant accumulating capacity of the soil in seven well-defined sites in and around the mill was found with reference to a “control” site with no history of receiving effluent discharges or solid wastes. The changes in texture, bulk density, water-holding capacity, electrical conductivity, pH, organic carbon, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable sodium, etc. of the soil up to the normal tilled depth were observed in different seasons. In most sites, the soil organic carbon was poorly correlated to the bulk density, water-holding capacity, pH, and clay and sand contents, indicating an unhealthy state of the soil and, correspondingly, nearly exhausted pollutant accumulating capacity. Considerable differences in pH, electrical conductivity, bulk density, and water-holding capacity were observed between the soil receiving effluent discharge and solid waste dumping and the control soil. The soil had accumulated considerable amounts of the exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, Na, and K). The work has found that industrial activities have worked against the normal behavior of the soil and reduced its capacity to serve as a natural repository of carbon.
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