Impact of Municipal Solid Waste on the Ground Water Quality in Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh

The leachate generated from municipal solid waste (MSW) dump site affects the groundwater quality in the adjacent areas. In the present study, the quality of groundwater around a municipal solid waste dumping site in Vijayawada city was analyzed to study the possible impact of solid waste in ground water quality. The increase or decrease in the values of certain parameters due to monsoon changes was noticed. Ground water samples from the hand bores near the MSW dump sites of Vijayawada were analyzed for the major water quality parameters, such as Biological oxygen demand(BOD), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, Conductivity, Nitrates, Phosphates, Chlorides, Sodium, Potassium and Fluorides. It has been found that most of the parameters of water quality were not in the acceptable limit in accordance with the IS 10500 Drinking Water Quality Standards that was due to the contamination from solid waste materials that are dumped in the are