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Hazardous waste substances are reaching an alarming level with the increasing pace of development, thus posing a severe threat to different segments of the environment. There are different sources from where hazardous substances are getting into the system such as electronics, thermal and nuclear power plants, mining practices, metallurgical departments, weapons, biomedical, etc. The waste generated by the above said activities enter into the water system, they start deteriorating the quality consequently bringing about the greater extent of change. Therefore, proper management practices should be adopted for storage, segregation, transportation, and disposal. In today’s scenario, few land-spill sites for the disposal of hazardous waste are available in-country, rest all the wastes dumped into the nearby water bodies. Certain rules and regulations are mentioned by the central governing bodies in India, to reduce the hazardous waste generation and minimizing the effect of waste on which are still present and not handled properly. Thus, keeping the perspective on seriousness, in this chapter we reviewed and discussed various sources of hazardous waste and their impact on water bodies. Also, we mentioned about the remedial measures and conservation practices to be adopted.

An overview on enormous effect of hazardous wastes on water components and their management