Environmental Impact Assessment - Municipal

EA for the Proposed STP
3.2 SAMPLING LOCATIONS
Five sampling locations are selected for Air, Noise & Soil, whereas seven sampling location
are selected for water including disposal point (Sanath Kumar Odai). All the samples are analyzed
and results are shown in below chapter.
criteria.
The Air, Noise, Water and Soil Sampling locations were selected based on the following
The Ambient air quality monitoring locations have been designed keeping in view the
available climatological norms of predominant wind direction and wind speed of the area.
Basis of selecting the sampling stations
sampling station
The following points were also taken into consideration in designing the network of
Topography / Terrain of the study area
Populated areas with in the study area of 2 km radius
Residential and sensitive areas with in 2 km radius
Representation of cross sectional distribution in downward direction
The latitude, longitude and distance of the sampling locations from the STP site are as
Follows:
No Location Name Longitude Latitude Direction
Distance
in Km
1 Project Site 78° 10' 50.228" 12° 9' 4.631" - -
2 Duduraiyankottai 78° 10' 57.151" 12° 9' 26.143" North 0.8
3 Dharmapuri 78° 10' 27.217" 12° 8' 36.651" Southwest 1
4 Madiganapalayam 78° 10' 17.487" 12° 9' 1.354" East 0.95
5 Rajapettai 78° 10' 59.518" 12° 8' 26.685" Southwest 1.15
Location 1: Project Site:
The location has been selected to assess the quality of air level in the core zone of the
proposed STP site. As the site is open land, therefore no residential buildings in the vicinity.
The location was away from the village road and did not experience any frequent vehicular
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