Environmental impact of leachate pollution of ground water supplies

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, 641021, India
² Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, 641032, India
³ Assistant Professor, Department of CSE (AI & ML), CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
⁴ Department of Mechanical, GRIET, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
⁵ Department of Structurals Techniques Engineering, College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq; Department of Structurals Techniques Engineering, College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University of Al Diwaniyah, Al Diwaniyah, Iraq; Department of Structurals Techniques engineering, College of technical engineering, The Islamic University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq

^* Corresponding author: krishnakumar.athithan@kahedu.edu.in

Abstract

The population living in cities needs a variety of urban services, such as solid waste management, sewage, and water supply. The majority of communities dispose of their solid waste in open dumps that are not properly lined, which has an impact on the land, water, and air quality. Out of the fifteen largest states in the india, Tamil Nadu has the elevated rate of urbanisation. Tamil Nadu is now the state in the nation with the greatest rate of urbanization nearly forty-four percent according to the 2011 Census. Nonetheless, the influence of leachate percolation was the main focus of this investigation. Samples of leachate were gathered from the city’s environs and the disposal site. The leachate then divided according to age. It was noted that drinking this water had an adverse effect on the health of those living close to the dumpsite. It is determined that the ground water is tainted and unsuitable for residential usage, including drinking.