Impact of Brick Kilns’ Emission on Soil Quality of Agriculture Fields in the Vicinity of Selected Bhaktapur Area of Nepal

Table 2

pH of soil as influenced by distance from brick kiln chimney.

Direction with respect to	Distance from brick kiln (meters)
Brick kiln	50	100	150
East	6.860 ± 0.0058	6.915 ± 0.0012	6.355 ± 0.0007
West	6.985 ± 0.0026	6.15 ± 0.0153	7.1 ± 0.0115
North	Res	Res	6.465 ± 0.0009
South	7.2 ± 0.0033	6.59 ± 0.002	6.39 ± 0.0033

refers to residential area.