International E-publication: Publish Projects, Dissertation, Theses, Books, Souvenir, Conference Proceeding with ISBN.  International E-Bulletin: Information/News regarding: Academics and Research

Preimpoundmental studies on Water Quality of Narmada River of India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Zoology, Bahauddin Science College, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat, INDIA
  • 2 Department of Botany, Bahauddin Science College, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 2, Issue (6), Pages 31-38, May,22 (2013)

Abstract

The present study revealed the effect of impoundment on the water quality of the Western part of river Narmada. Impoundment turned lentic ecosystem into lotic one which adversely disturbedphysicochemical characteristics of water like pH, TDS, total alkalinity, total hardness, chloride, DO and BOD.The present aim is to assess the Water Quality Index (WQI) of different study sites oflimnological significance of the river in 2012. Five different sites were singled out to ascertain the impact of impoundments on overall quality of water. The values of WQI have been observed in the range of 69 and 124 at S – 1 and S – 5 study sites, respectively. The site S – 5 indicated very poor water qualitywhich indicated that the physicochemical characteristics were under severe pressure. The deterioration in water quality from S–1 to S-5 was attributed to the impact of impoundment on the river as well as increasein anthropogenic activity.

References

  1. Pritchard M., Mkandawire T. and O’Neill G.J., Assessment of groundwater quality in shallow wells within the southern districts of Malawi, Phys. Chem. Earth, 33, 812–823 (2008)
  2. Abowei J.F.N. Salinity dissolved oxygen, pH and surface water temperature conditions in Nkoro River, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2(1), 36-40 (2010)
  3. Sindhu S.K. and Sharma A., Study on some physico-chemical characteristics of ground water of district Rampur - A statistical approach, E.J.Chem., 4(2), 162-165 2007)
  4. Singh M.R., Gupta A., Asha S. and Beeteswari K.H., Physicochemical properties of water samples from Manipur river system, India, J. Appl.Sci.Environ Manage, 14(4), 85–89 (2010)
  5. Padmanabha B and Belagali S.L. Water Quality Index of Kabiniriver in the Kallahally Village of Nanjangud Taluk, Mysore District, Karnataka (India), J. Environ. Sc. and Engg. V., 49(1), 48–50 (2007)
  6. Sinha M.P., Effect of waste disposal on water quality of river Damodar in Bihar, Physicochemical characteristics, In ecology and pollution in Indian rivers (Ed. R. K. Trivedy), 216–246 (1988)
  7. Mishra P.C. and Patel R.K., Quality of drinking water in Rourkela, Outside the steel township, J. Env. And Poll., 8(2), 165–169 (2001)
  8. Rangachari R., SenguptaNirmal, Ramaswamy R. lyer, BanerjiPranab and Singh Shekhar, Large Dams: India’s Experience. Final Report, Prepared for the World commission on Dams (WCD) (2000)
  9. Pandit A.K., Rathore S.A. and Bhat S.A., Limnological features of freshwater of Uri, Kashmir, J. Res. Dev. 1, 22-29 (2001)
  10. Bhatt F.A. and Yousuf A.R., Limnological features of some lotic systems of Kashmir in: Bio- resources, 57-702004) 11.Rossiter H.M.A., Owusu P.A., Awuah E., MacDonald A.M. and Schäfer A.I., Chemical drinking water scope for advanced treatment, Sci. Total Environ., 408, 2378–2386 (2010)
  11. Rossiter H.M.A., Owusu P.A., Awuah E., MacDonald A.M. and Schäfer A.I., Chemical drinking water scope for advanced treatment, Sci. Total Environ., 408, 2378–2386 (2010)
  12. Chatterjee C. and Raziuddin M., Determination of water quality index (WQ1) of a degraded river in Asnol industrial area, West Bengal, Jour. of Env and Poll., 1(2), 181-189 (2002)
  13. Rao K.S., Bhatnagar G.P., Hasija S.K., Shrivastava S., Wanganeo A., Salman S., Valecha V., and Singhal P.K., Pre and Post Impoundment limnological studies of Narmada Basin Development for its water quality, a compiled report on the three zones of Narmada basin, N.V.D.A., Bhopal, M.P., India (1992)
  14. APHA, Standard methods for examination of water and wastewater 21st ed. American Public Health Association, Washington D.C. (2005)
  15. NEERI, Manual on water and waste water analysis. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, India (1986)
  16. Brown R.M., McCleiland N.J., Deininger R.A and O’Connor M.F., A water quality index – crossing the psycho – logical barrier (Ed Jenkis, S.H.) Proc. Int. Conf. on Water Poll. Res., Jerusalem, 787– 797 (1972)
  17. Pejman A.H., Bidhendi N.G.R., Karbassi A.R., Mehrdadi N., Bidhendi E.M., Evaluation of spatial and seasonal variations in surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques, J. Environ Sci&Technol, 6(3), 467-476 (2009)