Technical Session - 2

Title:            Environmental impact Assessments of heavy metal on soil and water for Coimbatore, India
Authors:       A. Gandhimathi, A. Anbarasi
Abstract:     Coimbatore is the developing City in Tamilnadu and selected one of the smart cities in India. Coimbatore is under industrialization and urbanization on the positive side. Coimbatore become education Institutional hub and consists of lot of hi-tech medical centre but there is no proper drainage system in Coimbatore. Effluent from industry directly discharged in the soil that create soil pollution and water pollution. The assessment of heavy metal chromium (Cr), Iron (Fe), Mercury (Hg) concentration in soil and water in various places of Coimbatore was collected and experimented by using Atomic absorption Spectrometer. The ANN model was used to determine the heavy metal chromium (Cr), Iron Fe, Mercury (Hg) at new places. samples were collected in hundred places like roads, dumping yard, industry zone, domestic area and traffic area based on latitude and longitude .Maximum heavy metal are identified in wet land (Suggam and Sulur Lake, Traffic area (Gandhipuram), nearby electro plating industry (in Ganapathi)

Keywords:  Industrialization, ANN model, Heavy Metal Chromium (Cr), Iron Fe, Mercury (Hg)
Pages:        092-095

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