Kiran D. A.

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) · School of Systems and Infrastructure

Majority of the industries located in the Mangaluru Coastal region, discharge their waste directly or indirectly into the Arabian Sea through the west flowing rivers of the region and also, due to the addition of municipal and sewage wastes, the surface water quality and soil quality were affected and causing the Physicochemical characteristics to...

Pollution load from the major industries of Mangaluru are discharging into the ocean directly or indirectly through the west flowing Gurupura river of the area. Due to this, quality of the water is influenced and causing the Physicochemical characteristics to alter. This study was carried out to know the quality of the ground water in the study are...

Mangaluru coast belt spreads about 22 Kms with Arabian Sea in the West and the Western Ghats in the East. Coastal anthropogenic activities such as disposal of untreated or partially treated sewage and industrial effluents and their possible impacts hinder the coastal environment. Huge amount of pollution load from the major industries located nearb...

Saltwater intrusion is a major concern commonly found in coastal aquifers around the world. Seawater intrusion is the induced flow of seawater into freshwater aquifers primarily caused by groundwater development near the coast. An attempt has been made in the present study to analyze the water quality parameters and to find the sea water intrusion...

Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the most severe issues in India's major cities due to variety of factors such as population growth, inadequate technology, lack of maintenance etc. Recycling, Reuse and Recover plays a very vital role in any waste management process. For sustainable development of the society, the efficient SWM acts as a key i...

In any waste management process, the 3 R’s, i.e., Recycling, Reuse and Recover play a very important role. The present work focuses on collection, handling, and usage of waste flowers. A large volume of flower waste generated daily at Tumakuru is improperly disposed of in open places or in dust bins and finally reaches landfill along with the other...

The open dumping or landfill method is most commonly used for the disposal of solid waste in cities of underdeveloped and developing countries. These landfills without any engineering controls are causing water, soil, and air pollution along with health effects on the people settled in surrounding areas of landfill sites. In the present study, the...

The study involves the removal of color and COD from textile dyeing effluents using the method of adsorption. Montmorillonite clay is used as an adsorbent. The surface area of the adsorbent is increased using acid treatment techniques with Para Toluene Sulfonic Acid (PTSA) and Phenol Di‐Sulfonic Acid (PDSA) solutions. In addition, the dosage of ads...

A high concentration of fluoride in ground water beyond the permissible limit of 1.5 mg/L is a major health problem in India. The goal of this work is to use Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to understand the fluoride concentration in the drinking water of BagepalliTaluk (BPT). For the present study, 184 and 23 samples were collected...

The discharge and dumping of untreated domestic and industrial wastes into estuaries, rivers, and nearshore waters are the principal sources of coastal pollution in the current study area. Ten soil samples were collected near the industry pollutant exit point near the seashore and towards Mangalore city and were undergo chemical and physical analys...

Deterioration of quality of drinking water is one of the major threats to public health in India. Drinking water sources, across the nation are largely polluted due to the excessive presence of inorganic and organic chemicals, toxic metals and microorganisms. Both the natural and human activities contribute to this. Human activities like improper d...

Urbanisation, industrialisation, population growth and various agricultural activities in and around coastal areas have led to a significant amount of pollutants into the surrounding aquatic ecosystem such as estuary, river, sea, seashore and coastal wetlands. This causes ecological degradation. Pollution is one of the major challenges to the susta...

Soil stabilization is the process of improving the engineering properties of the soil. The good old method of stabilization is by using the chemicals stabilization, whereas the recent method of improving the strength of the soil is by using the vertical reinforced earth. In the present work sand is filled in the 250x250x375 mm MS tank by using sand...

Due to inadequate sanitation and practice of onsite sanitation like pit latrines and septic tanks in Periurban areas, the contaminant levels are exceeding permissiblelevels in ground water drinking sources resulting in water borne diseases, causing widespread morbidity and mortality.Contamination of groundwater sources by pathogenic bacteria and ni...

Indiscriminate releases of partially treated or untreated wastes into the receiving water bodies have resulted in the water pollution, public health risks and loss of biodiversity. Gurupura river is situated very adjacent to the baikampady industrial cluster towards north of the Mangaluru city and it will end up with Arabian sea forming a estuary w...

Most of the industries located in the Mangaluru Coastal region, discharge their waste directly or indirectly into the Arabian Sea through the west flowing rivers of the region i.e. Gurupura and Nethravathi and also, due to the addition of municipal and sewage wastes, the surface water quality is affected and causing the Physicochemical characterist...

This study was aimed to determine the concentrations of the trace metals like Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn and B from the soil samples of Mangaluru coastal belt and their hydraulic properties. Soil hydraulic parameters were recognized as the most critical based on their applications in various water management activities. In addition, a number of soil physical a...

Urbanization is more rapid around the major cities in India. Increase in industrial activities, explosive population growth and vehicular population etc. have led to a number of environmental problems, Air pollution is one of the major Environmental pollution. In Bangalore, air pollution is caused by industrial emissions, vehicular emissions and co...