Assessment of River Water Quality during Summer Season in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alfa Omega Minz *
Department of Environmental Sciences and NRM, SHUATS, Prayagraj, 211007, India.
Satyendra Nath
Department of Environmental Sciences and NRM, SHUATS, Prayagraj, 211007, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study is focused on assessment of river water quality during summer season in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh was experimentally investigated. The purpose of this study was to analyzed the physio-chemical properties of the river Ganga and Yamuna in Prayagraj. Water parameters such as pH, EC, DO, BOD, Alkalinity, Chloride, TDS and Hardness were analyzed. The results reveals that water was suitable for irrigation on purpose as the values were found to be within the permissible limit except DO whose values were found to be slightly less than the permissible limit.
Keywords: Water quality, Ganga river, Yamuna river, pollution