Abstract
Physico-chemical profile of sugar industries effluents in Sindh has been studied in this paper, this is in fact an attempt to bring in factual position in this area of concern. The concerns are addressed to Eight sugar mills which is spread over upper, middle and lower Sindh. Only those parameters have been studied which have greater impact on environment such as pH, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solid (TSS), oil and grease. All the parameters found in the effluent are far beyond the Sindh Environmental Quality Standards (SEQS) limits. This is in return rendering the effluents highly toxic and is damaging our underground water and the water in the irrigation canals at large. All effluents before being discharged into the mainstream of the public system should be extensively treated and made sure for being absolutely safe for further use.
