In the present study, nonwoven needle punched jute fabrics weighing 350 g/m2 with three different needle penetration depth viz. 10,12,14 mm were prepared. These fabrics were further treated with each of the following combinations of chemicals to give the jute fabrics resistance to microbial attack as well as strength : (a) Copper napthenate + Acrylic binder (b) Copper chromium arsenic (CCA) + Acrylic binder (c) Coal pitch + Anthracene oil. Accelerated soil burial test of the fabrics was carried out in a compost of fertile garden soil and cowdung manure for different time span. Geotechnical properties e.g. tensile, thickness, bursting, puncture, California Bearing Ratio (CBR), water permeability, pore size distribution were tested for treated as well as untreated fabrics. Among the combinations, coal pitch + anthracene oil treated samples gave best results under the soil burial condition.
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