Study on Water Quality Index & Status of Three Rivers (Khan, Narmada and Kshipra)

R. Chaudhary¹ , B. Kumar² , S. Soni³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.10 , pp.23-32, Oct-2019

Online published on Oct 31, 2019

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Abstract :
The present study intended to calculate the Water Quality Index (WQI) of Narmada, Khan and Kshipra River at ten sampling points flowing through the districts of Indore, Khargone and Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. All the three tributaries having religious significance and Narmada is one of the lifeline of M.P. Due to anthropogenic activities these rivers are highly polluted. The present study is based on seasonal monitoring of physico chemical parameters and observed the status of WQI of these tributaries seasonally and also compared the WQI with the previous data. The physico-chemical parameters were measured during the study period. The results obtained from the application of ICMR WQI concluded that, the overall water quality index of year 2014-15 was calculated as 84.46 which fell under the Very Poor water quality class (index value between 76-100). The water quality index reduced towards the year 2018-19 of the river it is 59.42 which shows the poor water quality class (index value between 51-75). The level of water pollution is slightly improved as compared to previous years

Key-Words / Index Term :
Water Quality Index, Tributaries, Khan River, Physico-Chemical Parameter

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