Control measures

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Lesson 17: Soil pollution

Control measures

Integrated treatment methods: There are several techniques that can protect the soil from erosion. Today, both water and soil are conserved through integrated treatment methods the two types of treatment generally used are:

  1. Area Treatment: Area treatment which involves treating land by developing vegetative cover on non – agriculture land.
    1. Apply water infiltration measures on area.
    2. Store surplus rain water by constructing bunds.
  2. Drainage-line treatment, which involves treating methods the natural water courses (nallas). Drainage line treatment
    1. Create temporary barriers in nalas.
    2. Use various methods to treat the catchments.
    3. Use local material and skills for constructing structures.
    4. A bund constructed out of stones across/stream can be used for conserving soil and water.
    5. An earthen check bund constructed out of local soil across / stream to check soil erosion.
    6. A gabion structures, which is a bund constructed of stone and wrapped in galvanized chain link

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