A Survey on Public Awareness Towards Sugar Mills' Waste Water
Keywords:
Groundwater, Pollutants, Wastewater, Awareness, TreatmentAbstract
Not only India but also the world has been facing the shortage of ground water and the increasing pollutants into the ground water due to the rapid globalization and industrialization. Sugar mill is considered as one of the polluting industries that create ground water problems due to the untreated effluent/waste water when they release it into the nearby areas. The purpose of the present study is to investigate to know the existing awareness of public on the specific views and attitude towards the sugar industries that are located nearby their villages. The results reveal that age of respondents has a significant correlation with the awareness about sugar mill’s waste water. Aged people (50+) are more conscious about the impacts of sugar mill’s waste water / effluents on the lives of people. The level of education have significant correlation with the higher level of awareness. The people of all age group believe in environmental awareness helpful in waste water management and effective control system. It helps the dedicated researchers to conduct new studies over waste water and its treatment via physicho- chemical analysis as well as use of natural adsorbents to remove heavy metals from waste water of sugar mills as treatment. So, proper awareness among youths as well as old people along with policy makers can truly solve the problem of contamination existing into the ground water via developing the right perception towards the increasing demand of water in common public. If properly waste water/effluent treated by sugar mills can help the country in twice mode ie helpful in growth of the country and secondly in public health issues.
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