Waste management in coastal zone protection in Orissa state
Principal Investigator: Dr. B.K. Sahu, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University,
Berhampur, Orissa
Sanctioned cost: INR 561000.00
Man Power:
2 Research
Fello
Tenure: 2 year
Objectives:
i.
To identify the major sources of waste producers (industrial,
agricultural, domestic or urban, aquaculture ponds, salt pans etc.) and their
pathways and quantification
ii.
To find out methods of waste
treatment, disposal and/ or recycling.
Findings:
Agricultural, industrial and domestic wastes increase the pollution level in the coastal zone of Orissa
Important physico-chemical characteristics of waste water and sediments exhibit significant spatio-temporal variation. These, in facts, indicate an increasing trend from lower reaches (marine dominant) to the upper reaches (fresh water dominant) of the study region.
Benefit:
In this
study, a treatment plant for sewage, having good recovery of pollutants
at minimum effort would help for the waste water management of the coastal
area
