JCE_V5_N3_A1 Zainab Siddiqui S.M. Ali Jawaid Sandeep Vishen Shreya Verma Journal on Civil Engineering 2249 - 0779 5 3 1 6 Soil Washing, Contaminants, Heavy Metals Due to increase in population, rapid Industrialization and pollution, Soil Contamination by heavy metals is increasing rapidly; their concentration and persistence is a serious problem all over the world. Cadmium (Cd), Chromium(Cr), Mercury(Hg), Cobalt (Co), Nickel(Ni), Zinc(Zn), Arsenic(As) and Lead(Pb) are the mainly hazardous and commonly found heavy metals in the contaminated areas. Various Physio-chemical and Biological methods are used these days to decontaminate the soil as well as water. Soil Washing is a physio-chemical method which has high efficiency of decontamination and is very cost effective too. Remediation of Heavy Metals from soil is extremely important to eliminate the risks, for the purposes of land use for agricultural outputs, enhancing quality and security of food and to scale down land tenure problems. June - August 2015 Copyright © 2015 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=3424