scholarly journals Evaluation of the Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Parameters of Gomti River in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Author(s):  
Shri Prakash Mishra

Gomti, the only river system of Sultanpur was studied for 16 prime physicochemical and 2 bacteriological parameters at six locations (viz., Kurwar, Golaghat, Dhobighat, Shmashan Ghat, Papar Ghat and Dhopap Ghat) of the district, for a period of one year for various seasons. The samples were collected in the month of January, May and August-2018 to study the seasonal variation in different parameters. For the Physico-chemical study, the analysed parameters are Temperature, Colour, Odour, Turbidity, Total Hardness, pH, Electrical Conductance (EC), Total Dissolved Solids, Alkalinity, Free Ammonia, Sulphates, Chlorides, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Free CO2. Total Coliforms MPN/100 ml and Faecal Coliforms MPN/100 ml is evaluated for Bacteriological eastimation. The water samples were analysed by emulating the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, 21st Edition (APHA-2005). The river water quality is getting deteriorated day by day with an increase in the population and their over water consumption. Drinking, washing clothes and utensils, discharging of sewage waste, sand dredging, boating, fishing, open defecation and religious ritual activities along the stretch are generating serious threats to the flora and fauna of the river by changing physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of the river. The seasonal trends were discussed to comprehened anthropogenic interferences on the river stretch. Correlation analysis was also studied in between various physico-chemical and bacteriological parameters. By comparing with the tolerance limits of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS: 10500-2012), it is concluded that the Gomti river in Sultanpur is very polluted. Considerable variation of many patameters from their standard values indicates that water of this river is not suitable for domestic uses. Continuous monitoring and treatment is required to keep the river living and suitable for aquatic biota as well as people depending on it.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-15
Author(s):  
Yakubu AZEH ◽  
Yohanna Bello Paiko ◽  
Gimba Alfred

The protection of our environment from pollution by various industrial wastewater discharges is of great importance that each Industry treats its effluent to meet acceptable limit/design means to reclaim water from industrial effluents for re-use. The study aimed at reclaiming water from wastewater by assessing the performance of two cellulose adsorbents using the fixed-bed column method to treat pharmaceutical/metal wastewater. The study was carried out by determining the physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of wastewater quality before and after treatment using fixed-bed column. Effluent samples were collected and analyzed according to standard methods. The range of percentage reduction in pollution load with respect to treatment time: 30, 120, 360 and 1440 min was 45-52%, 55-64%, 31-43, 25- 45%, 41- 44%, 55-73%, 48- 51%, 48-54%, 56-71% 13-31%, 45-52%, 47-67% from the metal effluent using nanocellulose adsorbent while 14-24%, 18-23%, 4-10%, 28-46%, 16-20%, 24-42%, 14-32%, 42-57%, 32-52%, 36-47%, 37-56%, 8-53% from the pharmaceutical effluent using oxidized cellulose adsorbent for colour, turbidity, conductivity, total hardness, Nitrite, Phosphate, Ammonia, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, total solids, total suspended solids and total dissolved solids respectively. Up to 99.9 % was achieved by the adsorbents in the removal of biological contaminants. The study concluded that the celluloses adsorbents showed promising potentials as one-point adsorbent that can be used for water reclamation from wastewater by its ability to remediate both physico-chemical and bacteriological contaminants.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Ganesh Bahadur Thapa ◽  
Joydeb Pal

Itahari Sub-metropolitan pond is located in the centre of the city. Influence of variations in physico-chemical parameters on aquatic flora and fauna especially in fishes brought strong stress on fishes and increases the incidence of diseases leading to high mortality. Due to lack of adequate knowledge about it, productivity of ponds is very low. In the present study, maximum and minimum variations and correlation between different physico-chemical parameters - air temperature, water temperature, pH, turbidity, total dissolved solids, dissolved carbon dioxide, ammonia, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, chloride, total alkalinity, total hardness and phosphate were taken into consideration. The water quality of fish ponds were normal except high fluctuation of chloride 4.0 - 44.87mg/l and ammonia 0.48-13.6 mg/l during manuaring period and casual addition of wastes like toilet cleaners, caustic potash etc.. Due to sudden fall in DO less than 4 mg/l during April and May, 2014 and increment of ammonia after addition of toilet wastes in Sept.19, 2015 ; mass mortality of fishes Labeo rohita, Cirrhina mrigala, Hypothalamichthys molitrix, Aristichthysnobilis occurred in the study site.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-195
Author(s):  
Oluwafisayo A. YUSUF ◽  
Henry A. ADEWOLE ◽  
Victor F. OLALEYE

The water quality and concentrations of selected heavy metals (cadmium, lead, and zinc) in Saba River, Osogbo were assessed monthly over a period of six months with a view to providing information on the water quality of the potentially polluted urban river system. Three sampling sites were selected along the Saba River (the upper reach of the river (Station A), mid-point of the river (Station B) and the lower reach of the river where it emptied into River Osun (Station C)). The recorded ambient air and water temperature, pH, alkalinity conductivity, total hardness, BOD and COD, as well as the phosphate and nitrate levels of Saba River, were within the maximum allowable regulatory limits of WHO (2011). The dissolved oxygen level between March and April in all the sampling points were in the limit of putting aquatic life under stress (<5.0 mg/L). Also the alkalinity level in station B between February and June, and in Station C from February till May were however above the maximum allowable desirable range of EPA (2001) and WHO (2011). The concentration of zinc, which ranged from 717 to 1,000 µg/L, was the highest amongst the selected metals assayed in the water. However, the mean concentration of lead in the water samples collected from Stations B and C (26 µg/L and 24 µg/L, respectively) was found to be above recommended regulatory acceptable limits of 20 µg/L of WHO (2011) and FEPA (2007). The study concluded that the physico-chemical indices of the water quality indicated that the river was mildly polluted.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-186
Author(s):  
Shail Joshi

The present study has been carried out on Moghat Reservoir situated at Khandwa District of Madhya Pradesh. In the present study, the water samples were analyzed for various physico-chemical parameters like temperature,transparency, turbidity, TDS,  pH, Free CO2, total hardness, Ca hardness, Mg hardness, DO, BOD and COD on two different sites of the reservoir. During the course of study value of DO fluctuated between 6.04 mg/l to 8.58 mg/l. Value of BOD and COD fluctuated from 0.98 mg/l to 3.51 mg/l and 9.0mg/l to 12.3mg/l respctively. It was found that around all the parameters were more or less similar at both the sampling stations. The water quality was found suitable but it is strongly recommended that regular monitoring of the Moghat reservoir at Khandwa is very important as it is the major source of freshwater. Thus it is apparent that much attention should be paid on further studies of the physico-chemical and biological parameters of the Moghat reservoir


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
D.R. Khanna ◽  
Rajni Rana ◽  
Fouzia Ishaq

Water is essential to life, but many people do not have access to clean and safe drinking water and many die of waterborne microbial infections. Mycological studies and physico-chemical parameters are an important criterion for evaluating the suitability of water for various purposes. In this study, we tried to assess the fungal species richness and physico-chemical status of fish pond in Paniyala in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand to predict the state of this pond. A total of four species were recorded which include Aspergillus flavus, Candida albicans, Penicillium Spp. and Fusarium Spp. Present study revealed that among fungal species, Aspergillus flavus was reported with higher in number 7.44±3.45 (ml-1x103) and Fusarium Spp.was recorded with minimum number of 5.15±2.06 (ml-1x103). The total species diversity was higher in the month of April (39.80 ml1x103. The water samples were also analyzed for physico-chemical parameters like temperature, pH, conductivity, DO, BOD, Free CO2, calcium and magnesium.  Higher value of temperature, pH, BOD, Free CO2 and lower values of dissolved oxygen concentration were recorded and the results revealed deteriorated water quality. The fungal population showed positive significant correlation with physico-chemical parameters like, temperature, pH, biological oxygen demand, calcium and magnesium whereas negatively correlated with conductivity and dissolved oxygen.


Author(s):  
S. L. Gbarakoro ◽  
T. N. Gbarakoro ◽  
W. L. Eebu

Aim: This research work aimed to determine the impact of industrial effluent discharge on the physicochemical properties of Aleto Stream, Eleme and Rivers State. Study Design: Random sampling technique was applied in this study. The study area was divided into three sites; upstream, downstream all of Aleto Stream and Agbonchia Stream which serves for the control experiment. Water samples for eleven physical and six chemical parameters were collected in a Completely Randomized Design. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out on Aleto and Agbonchia streams at Eleme, Rivers State, Nigeria from 2017 to 2018. Methodology: Two samples were collected; one sample at the Aleto stream where the industrial effluent is being channelled into the stream and the other sample was collected from Agbonchia stream, which was used as a control. In the Aleto Stream, sampling was made at two points; point A (upstream) point B (downstream) and each of these points had their Physico-chemical properties tested while only one sample was collected from the Agbonchia Stream. Physico-chemical properties were analyzed in the samples using pH meter for pH, Turbidity meter for turbidity, Conductivity meter for electrical conductivity, phosphate by colourimetric method, total dissolved solids (TDS) and total suspended solids (TSS) by gravimetric method, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) by standard method, chloride, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), calcium hardness, total hardness by titrimetric method, colour, odour and taste by sensory method. Results: Results obtained on the Physico-chemical properties had varying concentrations of Temperature, Total hardness, Chloride, Alkalinity, DO and Phosphate that were within world health organization (24)  and Federal Ministry of Environment (1991) permissible limits on both upstream and downstream with values ranging from 29.0-23.7oC, 360-125 mg/l, 120-100 mg/l, 36-30 mg/l, 4.9-4.4 mg/l, 1.92-1.2 mg/l respectively while Electrical conductivity, Turbidity, TSS, TDS, Calcium hardness, COD, BOD, Colour, Taste and Odour were above permissible limits on both upstream and downstream with values ranging from 1660-1700 mg/l, 83-112NTU, 82-80 mg/l, 910-914 mg/l, 1590-1900 mg/l, 100-165 mg/l, 4.36-3.88 mg/l respectively. The pH values ranged from 9.0-6.3 mg/l showing a result on the upstream to be alkaline while the downstream was slightly acidic. The increase in the above parameters above their permissible limits is as a result of the impact of industrial effluent discharges drained into the stream. This indicates that the stream is unfit for both human and aquatic inmates. Conclusion: Therefore, proper management of this effluent should be ensured and an acute test with lethal concentration (LC50) as the endpoint is recommended to determine the degree of toxicity of the effluent waste.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandana Sharma ◽  
Yogesh Walia

Today the environment has become harmful for the health of living organisms due to excessive pollution and contamination of natural resources. The present investigation has been carried out with the objective to assess the water quality of the Gobind Sagar Lake, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh (India) using physico-chemical parameters with heavy metals of the lake. For this study, three sampling sites were identified and samples from different sites were collected in summer season and important parameters [Water Temperature, pH, Total Hardness, Dissolved Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chloride, Total Alkalinity, Total Dissolved Solid (TDS)] with heavy metals [ Lead (P), Copper (Co), Iron (Fe), Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni) and Manganese (Mn), Chromium (Cr) were analyzed. The results revealed that the different conditions of Gobind Sagar Lake in different sampling stations showed fluctuations in some physico-chemical parameters and also in heavy metals. These result depicted that water of lake was polluted in the form of nutrient enrichment which is due to agricultural activities and its runoff in and around catchment area of the lake. There are other many ways that things can end up in the lake as the free style way of disposal of industrial and domestic effluents etc. Results of studies on heavy metals in pollution are well documented revealing the toxic effects of these metals on aquatic organisms.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olatunji Sunday Olaniyan ◽  
S Adewale Adeyemi ◽  
Waheed O Adeleke

Water is life and every living thing depends on it for existence. Sachet water has gradually become the most widely consumed liquid in Nigeria with varying qualities. This study investigates the temporal variation in water quality of Sachet water produced in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Ten (10) brands of sachet water from Ogbomoso South and North Local government area were collected within 24 hours of production and stored at standard room temperature and conditions. Sub-samples were drawn from the stock samples on daily basis for physico-chemical measurements on the water samples Temperature, pH, colour, turbidity, Hardness, Total Alkalinity, Dissolve Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Electrical Conductivity (EC) and Nitrate values were determined in accordance with World Health Organization (W.H.O) analytical methods. Temperature, pH and Colour values ranged from (28.3 - 30.5) ̊C, (7.96 - 8.80) and (20-70) Hazen, respectively. The Total hardness EC and DO and BOD values varied from (45-105)mg/l, (11 - 184)µs, (2.83 - 12.24)mg/L and (18.2 - 28.4)mg/l, respectively. Shelf life for the selected sachet water in Ogbomoso is 12 weeks from the date of production under laboratory condition with partial exposure to sunlight.


In the present research article, physicochemical parameters of raw and distilled water of the Gomti River are estimated and compared with standards of drinking water quality by using a modified double slope solar distillation unit. The raw water as five different samples collected from different locations of Gomti River (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) was treated. Total number of 16 physiological and biochemical characteristics and parameters of raw and distilled water are estimated such as electrical conductivity (3.62 ± 0.176 to 3.21 ± 0.52), TDS (837 ± 49.65 to 682 ± 15.73), pH (8.7 ± 0.18 to 8.9 ± 0.50), alkalinity (223 ± 9.23 to 215 ± 3.36), total hardness (347 ± 19.82 to 313 ± 11.2), DO (5.79 ± 0.36 to 3.29 ± 0.67), chloride (104 ± 3.4 to 108 ± 4.9), nitrate (7.21 ± 0.29 to 7.93 ± 0.83), BOD (3.27 ± 0.79 to 2.24 ± 0.27), TSS (403.27 ± 0.19 to 214.07 ± 0.32), COD (39.56 ± 0.76 to 33.2 9± 0.17), sulphate (452 ± 0.63 to 321 ± 1.67) and Ecoliform (3100 ± 3.93 to 2750 ± 2.45) which were within the range of World Health Organization & Bureau of Indian Standers approved standards. It is observed that this fabricated modified double slope solar still is producing drinkable water as per the requirement for solving the water scarcity problems in especially coastal & arid areas due to shortage of electricity. Experimental results show that solar still is producing 8-9 liters in the summer & 4-5 liters in the winter seasons.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Damodar Thapa Chhetry ◽  
Joydeb Pal

This paper deals with the physico-chemical parameters of the Titrigachhi daha. The maximum air temperature was recorded in rainy season but the water temperature was maximum in summer and lowest in winter season. Transparency, pH, dissolved oxygen, total alkalinity, total hardness were maximum in winter season. Free carbondioxide, chloride and biological oxygen demand were maximum in summer season. The minimum transparency, total alkalinity, total hardness and chloride were recorded in rainy season. Dissolved oxygen and pH, was minimum in summer season. The minimum carbondioxide and BOD were recorded in winter season. Air temperature, water temperature, free carbondioxide, and biological oxygen demand showed positive and significant correlation with each other. Similarly, transparency, pH, dissolved oxygen, total hardness showed positive and significant correlation with each other. Total alkalinity showed positive and significant correlation with chloride. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v1i0.7465 Nepalese Journal of Biosciences 1: 19-25 (2011)


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