By: B.M. More, A.A. Zambare, T.D. Pawar, and A.A. Bhopale
1Associate Professor, General Science and Engineering Department, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute of Technology, Belati, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
2Assistant Professor Department Mechanical Engineering, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute of Technology, Belati, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
3Assistant Professor, General Science and Engineering Department, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute of Technology, Belati, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
In the area of Solapur District, Maharashtra state, India, there are many sugar factories. During the
manufacturing process of cane sugar, there is a lot of wastewater released from the factory. This
wastewater contains many hazardous chemicals. This wastewater, dropped in the fields is mixed with
soil & percolated inside rocks. Every year in summer the water level in this area gets very deep. At
that time free air fills the soil joints. After it rains in monsoons, the water level in the soil rises and the
air in the joints finds its way out. In this field, the water mixed with sugar mill waste is released by
tankers, and the water accumulates in the pits in this area and this accumulated water is percolated
into the ground. The chemical reaction of this water with the limestone in the soil releases gas with a
bubbling sound coming from this land. Sugarcane crops and mills exist with many uncertainties, such
as water scarcity, erratic monsoon, sugarcane price, crop yield, increase in electricity rates, quality
seeds, etc. The environment study was conducted in the study area by data collection. A Biotic factor
including water and soil was studied. The sugar industry has a long history. However, there has been
a lot of change in present-day sugar production and earlier sugar production methods. In the
traditional sugar production method, the amount of pollution is very low due to the waste produced.
But the pollution caused by today’s plants is much more dangerous to the water and soil. The study
shows that the surface water, groundwater, and soil were contaminated by the dropped wastewater
from the sugar factory. There lease of water mixed with sugar mills in this area must be stopped
otherwise well water sources bore well sources and soil in the said area will be chemically
contaminated.
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