scholarly journals Environmental Impact of Cage Culture on Poondi Reservoir, Tamil Nadu

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1048-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Devi ◽  
P Padmavathy ◽  
A Srinivasan ◽  
P Jawahar
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Cage Culture ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Permissible Range ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality

The present investigation was carried out in Poondi reservoir, Tamil Nadu, for a period of 8 months from September, 2014 to April, 2015 where the cage culture has been already initiated by the state fisheries department. The water and sediment samples were collected from the reservoir at point and non- point sources of the cage culture units and were analyzed for their physico-chemical parameters. The total microbial load, E. coli and feacal streptococci population were also assessed from the reservoir. During the study period, pH, sulphate, nitrate and BOD values were found within the permissible range for drinking water quality. The alkalinity values were found optimum in the reservoir water. The sediment characteristics such as pH, electrical conductivity, total organic carbon and available phosphorus values were also found to be within the standard limit. The optimum water and sediment quality characteristics and the absence of E. coli and feacal streptococci observed in the cage culture unit clearly showed that the small cage farming in the reservoir does not have major environmental impacts on the water and sediment quality.

scholarly journals Heavy Metals Assimilation by Native and Non-Native Aquatic Macrophyte Species: A Case Study of a River in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2676
Author(s):  
Getrude Tshithukhe ◽  
Samuel N. Motitsoe ◽  
Martin P. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Anthropogenic Inputs ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Macrophyte Species ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality

There is continuous deterioration of freshwater systems globally due to excessive anthropogenic inputs, which severely affect important socio-economic and ecological services. We investigated the water and sediment quality at 10 sites along the severely modified Swartkops River system in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and then quantified the phytoremediation potential by native and non-native macrophyte species over a period of 6 months. We hypothesized that the presence of semi and permanent native and non-native macrophytes mats would reduce water and sediment contamination through assimilation downriver. Our results were variable and, thus, inconsistent with our hypotheses; there were no clear trends in water and sediment quality improvement along the Swartkops River. Although variable, the free-floating non-native macrophyte, Pontederia (=Eichhornia) crassipes recorded the highest assimilation potential of heavy metals in water (e.g., Fe and Cu) and sediments (e.g., Fe and Zn), followed by a submerged native macrophyte, Stuckenia pectinatus, and three native emergent species, Typha capensis, Cyperus sexangularis, and Phragmites australis. Pollution indices clearly showed the promising assimilation by native and non-native macrophytes species; however, the Swartkops River was heavily influenced by multiple non-point sources along the system, compromising the assimilation effect. Furthermore, we emphasise that excessive anthropogenic inputs compromise the system’s ability to assimilate heavy metals inputs leading to water quality deterioration.

Selected Water- and Sediment-Quality, Aquatic Biology, and Mine-Waste Data from the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Vershire, VT, 1998-2007

Data Series ◽  
10.3133/ds378 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise M. Argue ◽  
Richard G. Kiah ◽  
Nadine M. Piatak ◽  
Robert R. Seal ◽  
Jane M. Hammarstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Superfund Site ◽  
Copper Mine ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality

Sewers and the Quality of Canals and Ditches in Amsterdam

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Jacobs ◽  
J. W. van Sluis
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Water System ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality

The surface water system of Amsterdam is very complicated. Of two characteristic types of water systems the influences on water and sediment quality are investigated. The importance of the sewer output to the total loads is different for both water systems. In a polder the load from the sewers is much more important than in the canal basin. Measures to reduce the emission from the sewers are much more effective in a polder. The effect of these measures on sediment quality is more than the effect on water quality. Some differences between a combined sewer system and a separate sewer system can be found in sediment quality.

WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A POTENTIALLY IMPAIRED NORTH CAROLINA STREAM

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler E. Miles ◽  
◽  
Holly E. Peterson ◽  
Christine Stracey ◽  
George L. Donati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality ◽  
Sediment Quality Assessment

Effect of small-scale illegal mining on surface water and sediment quality in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Humphrey Ferdinand Darko ◽  
Anthony Yaw Karikari ◽  
Anthony Appiah Duah ◽  
Bismark Awinbire Akurugu ◽  
Victor Mante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Illegal Mining ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality
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