Abstract

Anoop-Chandra, P.N. Saxena ,Sayeida Ghazala Imam and Geetesh Chandra*

A systematic study has been carried out to assess the water quality of Devaha River (Devhahuti ganga) at district Pilibhit from May 2009 to April 2010. The river is subjected to severe domestic and Sugar Industries pollution at Pilibhit. One water sample from each Six sampling stations (stretch-about 74 Kms) were collected in a month and analyzed for physico-chemical parameters . The study area experiences a seasonal climate and broadly divided into three seasons as summer (March to June), Rainy (July to October), and winter (November to February). Study reveals that the river in Pilibhit district upstream was of better quality whereas the downstream stretch was polluted as indicated by very low DO, High T.S., T.D.S., E.C., B.O.D., C.O.D., Hardness and Nutrients. The river also shows high pollution load in winter season, in downstream (from site III to VI), which is due to the discharge of heavy distillery and sugar Industries effluent into the river.

Physico-chemical studies; Pollution; Devaha river; U.P

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