G.L. Maliwal, K.P. Patel, K.C. Patel and N.N. Patel
Abstract
Effect of I 7-20 years continuous application of mixed industrial effluent water were studied on the spacial distribution of DTPA extractable metals in soils of Koyali, Umraya, Ekalbara and Karkhadi villages (Vadodara district).The contents varied from 2.70 to 6.70, 11.12 to 34.56, 33.00 to 69.96,2.68 to 8.12, 0.04 to 0.08, 0.26 to 0.52,0.60 to 1.16, 0.42 to 1.58 & 0.01 to 0.06 ppm for Zn, Fe, Mn, Cu, Cd, Pb, Co, Ni and Cr respectively which accumulated more in the surface soils and in general decreased with depth.The 1.08 ppm Pb was observed even up to 2 km laterally from the channel. The DTPA-extractable Mn, Ni and Cd contents in mixed effluent irrigated soils increased with soil organic carbon (r=0.626, 0.722 and 0.552) while Mn decreased with pH (r = 0.478) and Cu with calcite contents (r = 0.546).