... wastewater pollution load of Mettupalayam municipality constitutes 61 tonnes of TDS, 50 tonnes of TSS, 7 tonnes of BOD, 18 tonnes of COD, 19 tonnes of Chloride and 1 tonne of Sulphate (MSE, 2005). ... Nonpoint Sources When industrial disposal of effluents exceed the assimilative capacity of the land there is contamination of the soil and groundwater. Continuous disposal of industrial effluents ... practices are not in place, other uses of water are affected. To understand the environmental impacts of industrial discharge of effluents on land for irrigation, an extensive groundwater...