STUDY OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS GOUR RIVER WATER DURING SUMMER AND WINTER SEASON DIFFERENT GHAT IN JABALPUR

Abstract

The River Gaur which provides sustenance to environment and ecology is now have been polluted mainly due to the discharge of cow dung of bunches of dairy owners and refuses into the stream without proper treatment have rendered water unfit for drinking, fishing, even for washing and chocked pipe line as well. The present study is to assess the physical, chemical and biochemical properties of gaur river to determine the quality of river water. The purpose of this study is to determine the water quality of gaur river at different sampling sites and to assess the extent of contamination of river water. The issue with regard to pollution of the water of rivers Gaur is the concern in the study. Due to mismanagement of these waste and contaminated water all the areas near the river are polluted. In Jabalpur city one can find number of Gour river ghats like Nandiya ghat, Satshara ghat, Kosam ghat, Saliwada ghat, Retag hat. visited by thousands of people every day. In the present study water samples were collected from these ghats of Gour from Jabalpur on four different season from summer and winter. have been considered. For the assessment of water quality the experiments have been done for physico-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 worship remains is being done at important Ghats and its value is significant increased during the festivals. This study provides an informative data on water quality and helps to understand the pollution in various ghats of river Gour 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: Physio- chemical, parameters, pH, Total Hardness, D.O., B.O.D, Alkalinity.