PHYSIO-CHEMICAL STUDY OF GANGA RIVER WATER AT DIFFERENT GHAT OF VARANASI DISTRICT WITH SOME ASSORTED PARAMETERS

Abstract

The river Ganga in India the water of the river Ganga is treated with such reverence. The river Ganga occupies a unique position in the cultural ethos of India.  and biggest west flowing river of the state U.P.  Festivals are very important and heartiest to every person of India. Most of the festivals are associated with bathing in rivers, idol immersion, Jaware visarjan, float traditional oil lamps etc. They through some materials like food, waste or leaves in the river for spiritualistic reasons Religious human activities also add to the river pollution. Due to mismanagement of these waste and contaminated water all the areas near the river are polluted. In Varanasi city one can find number of Ganga river ghats like Assi Ghat, Ganga Mahal Ghat, Tulsi Ghat, Janaki Ghat Raja Harish Chandra Ghat visited by thousands of people every day. In the present study water samples were collected from these ghats of Ganga from Varanasi on four different season from   summer and winter have been considered.

For the assessment of water quality the experiments have been done for physio-chemical parameters are pH, Total Hardness, D.O., B.O.D, Alkalinity as per the standard methods in the shri ram group Jabalpur.

It is evident from the above data analysis that the workship remains is being done at important Ghats and its value is significant increased during the summer and winter. This study provides an informative data on water quality and helps to understand the pollution in various ghats of river Ganga at season. In the present study it was found that physico- chemical characteristics of a few of the river water samples crossed the maximum permissible limit, during the different season due to the religious activities.

Keyword: physico- chemical, parameters, pH, Total Hardness, D.O., B.O.D, Alkalinity.