scholarly journals Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish S Patil ◽  
Geetanjali Kaushik
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Godavari River ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Heavy Metal Assessment ◽  
Toxic Concentrations

The indiscriminate release of industrial effluents, domestic sewage, agricultural runoff have resulted in extensive contamination of water and soil with heavy metals thereby causing hazard to flora and fauna and the aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, there is a need for biological monitoring studies to evaluate the toxic concentrations of various chemical compounds so that certain preventive measure can be taken to ensure the safety of the environment. Therefore, this study was focused at investigating few of the important heavy metals like zinc, chromium, cadmium, mercury and lead, in water along with sediments of the Jaikwadi dam. It has been found that the content of mercury was the highest in both water (15.24 - 18.21 μg/L) and sediments, it is followed by lead (14.31 - 18.38 μg/L), cadmium (1.95 - 2.29 μg/L), chromium (0.68 - 4.00 μg/L) and finally zinc (0.88 - 1.77 μg/L). High concentrations particularly of mercury and lead warrant studies for their remediation so that the concentration remains safe for the populace dependent on the water.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTVolume-5, Issue-2, March-May 2016, Page: 75-88

scholarly journals Assessment of water quality in the river gomati at Jaunpur (U.P.), India.

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (03) ◽  
pp. 1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veer Pratap Singh ◽  
A. K. Singh ◽  
Raghu Vanshi ◽  
Prashant Singh* ◽  
Santosh Kumar Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Total Suspended Solid ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Total Dissolved Solid ◽  
Gomati River

The river Gomati is popularly known as "Aadi-Ganga". Gomati River is an important tributary of river Ganga and perennial river of Awadh plains. The river Gomati originates from Gomat Taal near Madhoganj Tanda village in Pilibhit district (U.P.), run across the major part of U.P. covering nine districts of Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpurkheri, Hardoi, Sitapur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Jaunpur and ultimately merges in Ganga river, near Saidpur Kaithi in Varanasi. The world is facing problems with a wide variety of pollutants both inorganic and organic in nature. Healthy soil, clean water and air are the soul of life. Often soil, water and air are no longer clean and pure, but pose human health risks. The river Gomati receives huge quantities of untreated sewage agricultural runoff, brings a lot of pesticides, fertilizer, street washouts bringing oil, asphalt, sediment and many types of heavy metals. From industrial effluents to domestic discharge, the river becomes more of a flowing dumping yard. The physico-chemical parameters in water of river Gomati were assessed to know about the water quality in its catchment area. Total of four sampling sites were selected between Gokul ghat upstream and Ramghat downstream. Physico-chemical parameters like pH, Temperature, Total dissolved solid (TDS), Total suspended solid (TSS), Hardness, Dissolved oxygen (DO), Nitrate, Nitrite, Chloride, Total Coliforms and some heavy metals were determined. Changes in water quality of river Gomati due to variations in quantity of parameters were found. Heavy metals mainly Copper, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium and Nickel were noticed.

scholarly journals Bacteriological and Physicochemical Analysis of Groundwater of Kasur

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad Abbas ◽  
Ijaz Hussain ◽  
Abdul Wahab ◽  
Aisha Shafique ◽  
Maryam Zaheer
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Physicochemical Analysis ◽  
World Health ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Ear Infections ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Almost All

Earth is a blue planet because of the rudimentary cause of life, that is water. All the biochemical reactions which are pre-requisite for nourishing life of animals and plants, use water as a basic element. Being a universal solvent, it dissolves almost all minerals present in the soil. It is one of the basic and necessary compounds responsible for the survival of life. The main purpose of research was to determine the quality of groundwater in Kasur near the tanneries. The study is focused on the bacteriological and physicochemical (pH, Temperature, DO, BOD, CO2, TOSM, TDS, TM and heavy metals) parameters. We selected four sites as Din Garh, Qatal Garhi, Mangal Mandi and Kot Haleem Khan for investigation. Coliforms were present in high concentration that produce viruses and bacterial diseases such as typhoid fever, hepatitis, gastrocnemii, dysentery and ear infections. World Health Organization (WHO) has justified that the drinkable water must have zero level of coliform and E.coli. Regarding the Total Suspended Matter (TSM), the values ranged from 0.3-0.5g/l in DIN GHARH, 0.2-0.5g/l in QATAL GHARHI, 0.2-0.5g/l in MANGAL MANDI and 0.2-0.6g/l in KOT HALEEM KHAN. The study concludes that the water pollution due to tanneries in Kasur have changed the bacteriological and physicochemical properties of ground water to a considerable level which is not drinkable. It also conclude that groundwater was contaminated with high concentrations of BOD, TOSM, TDS, TM and Heavy metals due to discharge of industrial effluents.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Zinc Sulphate Toxicity on Protein, Amino Acid and Transaminase Levels in Freshwater Fish, Channa striata (bloch)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pandari Reddy ◽  
G. Sunitha Devi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Zinc Sulphate ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Protein Amino Acid ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Channa Striata ◽  
Liver Tissues

Background: Heavy metals may adversely affect the aquatic flora and fauna. Industrial effluents contributing heavy metals on entering into aquatic environment causes biochemical alterations in the fish. Heavy metals are natural components of the aquatic environment, but heavy metal levels have increased due to anthropogenic sources like industrial effluents, agricultural runoff and wastes of mining activities. All the pollutants affect the physicochemical characteristics of the water bodies, sediment and biological components and thus the quality and quantity of fish stocks. Methods: The present study was to assess the protein, amino acid, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase levels in muscle and liver tissues of Channa striata, exposure to sublethal (15, 20 and 30 mg/L) concentrations of zinc sulphate for the period of 10, 20, 30 and 40 days. Protein levels were estimated by Lowry et al. (1951). Method free amino acids were estimated by Moore and Stein (1954). Method the enzymes ALT and AST were estimated by the strategy of Rietman and Frankel (1957) as described by Bergmeyer (1965).Result: The fish exposed to zinc sulphate showed a decrease in the protein levels and increase in the amino acid, AST and ALT levels for 10, 20, 30 and 40 days in muscle and liver tissues. The observed mean data were statistically significant at P less than 0.05 of Student's ‘t’ test. The present study indicated alterations in biochemical parameters of Channa striata due to intoxication of zinc sulphate.

Study of Open Drainage System With The Help of Remote Sensing Technique : Gomti River Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyam Dixit ◽  
Rahul Misra
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Open Drainage ◽  
Remote Sensing Technique ◽  
Gomti River ◽  
Total Dissolved Solid

This paper presents the remote sensing technique for the study of open drainage system and its effect on Gomti river in Lucknow area.Gomti river originates from MadhoganjTanda village in Pilibhit district, U.P. It passes through the district of Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Sitapur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Jaunpur and ultimately merges in the Ganga. The world is facing problems with a wide variety of pollutants both inorganic and organic in nature. Healthy soil, clean water and air are the soul of life. Often soil, water and air are no longer clean and pure, but pose human health risks. Gomti receives huge quantities of untreated sewage, agricultural runoff, brings lot of pesticides, fertilizer, street washouts bringing oil, asphalt, sediment and many types of heavy metals. From industrial effluents to domestic discharge, the river becomes more of a flowing dumping yard. The physicochemical parameters in water of river Gomti were assessed to know about the water quality in its catchment area. Parameters like Temperature, Total suspended solids (TSS), Total dissolved solid (TDS), pH, Hardness, Dissolved oxygen (DO), Nitrate, Nitrite, Chlorine, Total Coliforms and some Heavy metals were determined. Changes in water quality of River Gomti due to variations in quantity of parameters were found. Heavy metals mainly Iron, Cadmium, Copper and Arsenic were noticed.

Transforming local government wastewater departments - from adversary to industrial partner

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
A. R. Pitman ◽  
L. A. Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Industrial Partner ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
By Products

The need to remove nutrients from wastewater by biological means and dispose of sludge by-products in an efficient manner has prompted the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council to adopt a new approach to the management of industrial discharges. Giving a rebate on the normal discharge tariff will encourage the discharge of industrial effluents having a high readily biodegradable concentration (which would assist the BNR process). Those effluents having high concentrations of heavy metals (which would degrade the reuse value of sludge by-products) would be discouraged by means of an additional penalty above the normal discharge tariff.

The Contribution of Agricultural Loading to Eutrophication in Finnish Lakes

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 1133-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kauppi
Keyword(s):  
Algal Growth ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Total Surface Area ◽  
Ionic Concentration ◽  
Phosphorus Loading ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Nineteen Seventies ◽  
Spring Maximum

Agriculture accounts for 9 per cent of the total surface area of Finland and generates the greatest single nutrient input to Finnish watercourses. Since agricultural activity is scattered throughout the whole country its effects in lakes are less pronounced than those of domestic and industrial effluents. On the other hand, point source phosphorus loading of lakes and rivers decreased significantly during the nineteen-seventies. Phosphorus is the nutrient which primarily limits production in most Finnish lakes. The availability of phosphorus in agricultural runoff waters is therefore a crucial question in the evaluation of the eutrophicating effects of agriculture. Our results indicated that in runoff waters available phosphorus can be 60-70 per cent of the total phosphorus. However, the concentrations of available P were so low that they could be achieved in Finnish lakes of low ionic concentration through simple chemical desorption without the assistance of the algal uptake. The utilization of the spring maximum of runoff phosphorus in lakes would thus not depend on the concurrence of the maxima of loading and algal growth.

scholarly journals Spatial Variation of Water Chemistry in Aries River Catchment Western Romania

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6592
Author(s):  
Ana Moldovan ◽  
Maria-Alexandra Hoaghia ◽  
Anamaria Iulia Török ◽  
Marius Roman ◽  
Ionut Cornel Mirea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Chemistry ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Pollution Indices ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the quality and vulnerability of surface water (Aries River catchment) in order to identify the impact of past mining activities. For this purpose, the pollution and water quality indices, Piper and Durov plots, as well vulnerability modeling maps were used. The obtained results indicate that the water samples were contaminated with As, Fe, Mn, Pb and have relatively high concentrations of SO42−, HCO3−, TDS, Ca, K, Mg and high values for the electrical conductivity. Possible sources of the high content of chemicals could be the natural processes or the inputs of the mine drainage. Generally, according to the pollution indices, which were correlated to high concentrations of heavy metals, especially with Pb, Fe and Mn, the water samples were characterized by heavy metals pollution. The water quality index classified the studied water samples into five different classes of quality, namely: unsuitable for drinking, poor, medium, good and excellent quality. Similarly, medium, high and very high vulnerability classes were observed. The Durov and Piper plots classified the waters into Mg-HCO3− and Ca-Cl− types. The past and present mining activities clearly change the water chemistry and alter the quality of the Aries River, with the water requiring specific treatments before use.

scholarly journals Metal(loid) speciation and transformation by aerobic methanotrophs

Microbiome ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan ◽  
Thomas J. Smith ◽  
Shamsudeen Umar Dandare ◽  
Kamaludeen Sara Parwin ◽  
Heetasmin Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Toxic Metal ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Toxic Heavy Metal ◽  
Food Web Interactions ◽  
Climate Regulation ◽  
Aerobic Methanotrophs ◽  
Long Term Impact

AbstractManufacturing and resource industries are the key drivers for economic growth with a huge environmental cost (e.g. discharge of industrial effluents and post-mining substrates). Pollutants from waste streams, either organic or inorganic (e.g. heavy metals), are prone to interact with their physical environment that not only affects the ecosystem health but also the livelihood of local communities. Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals or trace metals (e.g. chromium, mercury) are non-biodegradable, bioaccumulate through food-web interactions and are likely to have a long-term impact on ecosystem health. Microorganisms provide varied ecosystem services including climate regulation, purification of groundwater, rehabilitation of contaminated sites by detoxifying pollutants. Recent studies have highlighted the potential of methanotrophs, a group of bacteria that can use methane as a sole carbon and energy source, to transform toxic metal (loids) such as chromium, mercury and selenium. In this review, we synthesise recent advances in the role of essential metals (e.g. copper) for methanotroph activity, uptake mechanisms alongside their potential to transform toxic heavy metal (loids). Case studies are presented on chromium, selenium and mercury pollution from the tanneries, coal burning and artisanal gold mining, respectively, which are particular problems in the developing economy that we propose may be suitable for remediation by methanotrophs.

The determination of heavy metals in domestic sewage treatment plant wastes

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Van Loon ◽  
J. Lichwa ◽  
D. Ruttan ◽  
J. Kinrade
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Domestic Sewage
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