A soil column leaching study to know the effect of distillery effluent on soil properties in presence of amendments was conducted at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during 1993 in Vertisol having clay texture. The treatments consisted of four levels of dilution of lagoon spend wash with Krishna river water, viz., 0:100, 1:50, 1:25 and 1:10 and addition of three amendments, control, press mud, Gypsum and press mud plus gypsum. Press mud alongwith gypsum was found to be efficient in reducing pH, reducing salt accumulation and exchangeable Na. Accumulation of soluble CI^- and S0₄⁼ in soil was found due to press mud, press mud plus gypsum and control treatment. Where as gypsum reduced accumulation of CI^- and S0₄⁼ when compared to other treatments.