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Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Physico-Chemical Properties of Water in River Sabarmati and Kharicut Canal at Ahmedabad, Gujarat


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1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Natubhai V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India
2 P. G. Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology for Advance Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India
 

The Sabarmati river is life-line of Ahmedabad city, as a source of irrigation and drinking water, and as a sink for urban and industrial wastewaters. Ahmedabad is known as a commercial and political capital of Gujarat with highest number of textile mills which poses a major problem of safe disposal of industrial and sewage effluents from different sources. River water quality at Ahmedabad has become a matter of concern due to continuous changing environment and increasing social and industrial activities that influence the water quality directly or indirectly. The present study was conducted to assess the water quality of Sabarmati river and Kharikat canal at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. An assessment of various physico-chemical characteristics of water such as pH, temperature, DO, hardness, acidity, alkalinity, phosphate, sulphate, nitrate, total dissolved solids and COD was carried out from July 2009 to April 2010 at three sites of River Sabarmati and two sites of Kharicut canal to know the pollution status. The correlation matrix among various physico-chemical parameters was also prepared. The study revealed the high pollution load at both the study areas with high values of COD and lower values of DO, which makes these unfit for any human intended purpose.

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Sabarmati River, Kharicut Canal, Physico-Chemical Properties, Water Quality, Correlation Matrix.
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Authors

Rita. N. Kumar
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Natubhai V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India
Rajal H. Solanki
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Natubhai V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India
J. I. Nirmal Kumar
P. G. Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology for Advance Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India

Abstract


The Sabarmati river is life-line of Ahmedabad city, as a source of irrigation and drinking water, and as a sink for urban and industrial wastewaters. Ahmedabad is known as a commercial and political capital of Gujarat with highest number of textile mills which poses a major problem of safe disposal of industrial and sewage effluents from different sources. River water quality at Ahmedabad has become a matter of concern due to continuous changing environment and increasing social and industrial activities that influence the water quality directly or indirectly. The present study was conducted to assess the water quality of Sabarmati river and Kharikat canal at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. An assessment of various physico-chemical characteristics of water such as pH, temperature, DO, hardness, acidity, alkalinity, phosphate, sulphate, nitrate, total dissolved solids and COD was carried out from July 2009 to April 2010 at three sites of River Sabarmati and two sites of Kharicut canal to know the pollution status. The correlation matrix among various physico-chemical parameters was also prepared. The study revealed the high pollution load at both the study areas with high values of COD and lower values of DO, which makes these unfit for any human intended purpose.

Keywords


Sabarmati River, Kharicut Canal, Physico-Chemical Properties, Water Quality, Correlation Matrix.