WATER POLLUTION ASSESSMENT OF GHAGGAR RIVER

Abstract

A Study of Physicochemical Parameters in River Ghaggar was carried out for post monsoon in Oct.2016. The
water quality was studied at 16 sites at upstream and downstream among the towns traversed by the River.
Physicochemical parameters of the samples were measured; moreover, possible sources of contamination were analysed.
Total 40 parameters were analysed including; Colour, Temperature, Turbidity, pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC) Total
Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Sulphate, Total Hardness, Dissolve Oxygen (DO), Biochemical
Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Iron (Fe), Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn)
Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorous, Pesticides, MPN etc.. The findings show that river is affected by industrial as well as
domestic waste water. All the sites were infected by Coliform. This study provides critical information for river
conservation and its protection by suggesting possible treatment of domestic wastewater before letting in the river.