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Studies on the Impact of Tourism and Related Resorts on the Water Characteristics of Poovar Estuary, Kerala


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1 S.T Hindu College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, T.N., India
2 Department of Chemistry, S.T Hindu College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. T.N., India
     

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The present study deals with the analysis of physico-chemical parameters of water in poovar estuary of Kerala during the period of six months from December 2015 to May 2016. Five sampling stations are selected and water samples were collected for the study. Surface water temperature varies from 27 to 32.5°C. pH is ranged between 6.08-7.05. Variation of Dissolved Oxygen content was 6.0 to 8.1mg/l. The ranges of inorganic nutrients like nitrate and phosphate were 0.677 to 2mg/l and 0.1 to 0.85mg/l respectively. The chloride value ranges from 8 to 7500mg/l. TDS value ranges from 23.8 to 11783 mg/l. Electrical conductivity ranges as 47.4 to 17853 Micro mho/cm. Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Total hardness and Chloride content were high in the estuarine water and all other parameters were within the limit.

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Physico-Chemical Parameters, Estuary, Water.
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P. C. Divya
S.T Hindu College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, T.N., India
H. Mary Helen
Department of Chemistry, S.T Hindu College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. T.N., India

Abstract


The present study deals with the analysis of physico-chemical parameters of water in poovar estuary of Kerala during the period of six months from December 2015 to May 2016. Five sampling stations are selected and water samples were collected for the study. Surface water temperature varies from 27 to 32.5°C. pH is ranged between 6.08-7.05. Variation of Dissolved Oxygen content was 6.0 to 8.1mg/l. The ranges of inorganic nutrients like nitrate and phosphate were 0.677 to 2mg/l and 0.1 to 0.85mg/l respectively. The chloride value ranges from 8 to 7500mg/l. TDS value ranges from 23.8 to 11783 mg/l. Electrical conductivity ranges as 47.4 to 17853 Micro mho/cm. Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Total hardness and Chloride content were high in the estuarine water and all other parameters were within the limit.

Keywords


Physico-Chemical Parameters, Estuary, Water.