Water quality assessment of river PATALGANAGA

Civil engineering

Patalganga River flows in western ghat. It is one of the most important rivers in this vicinity. The banks of this river are flourished with industries as row water is easily available. But now this same industrial growth is killing this river. Vast changes in physical chemical and biological parameters are mainly responsible for this change state of river.As we all know water is a source of life. Many villages in the area are relying on this water for agricultural as well as domestic purpose and even in some cases as a drinking water. In this study river water was tested to check its level of pollution. Based on physico chemical and biological analysis of river it can be concluded that few parameters such as BOD COD are way over minimum and maximum desirable limits whereas other parameters such as turbidity, hardness, color and TDS are above minimum desirable limit. For drinking water purpose IS10500 was used and WHO [2006] standards were referred where ever necessary.

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