A Study on Water Quality Parameters of Malijunga Lake in Gondia District of Maharashtra State, India
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Water Quality Parameters, Malijunga Lake, Gondia, Conservation.Abstract
Physicochemical parameters are an important criterion for determining the suitability of water for irrigation, fishing and drinking purpose. The present study deals with the seasonal physicochemical investigation of water of the Malijunga lake, district Gondia of Maharashtra State during the year 2017-19. The physicochemical parameters (Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Transparency, Dissolved Oxygen DO, CO2, Biological Oxygen Demand BOD, Chemical Oxygen Demand COD, Phosphate and Nitrate) were studied at three sampling sites of the lake during the study period. The analysis of various parameters carried out by using standard methods (APHA, NEERI). The result shows that water temperature ranging from 22.59 ± 0.39 – 29.07 ± 1.10, pH 7.11 ± 0.05 – 7.78 ± 0.08, Conductivity 0.19 ± 0.00 – 0.34 ± 0.01, Transparency 40.80 ± 1.63 – 75.26 ± 2.61, DO 5.65 ± 0.13 – 8.99 ± 0.19, CO2 3.02 ± 0.11 – 3.92 ± 0.16, BOD 8.22 ± 0.42 – 12.83 ± 0.30, COD 21.15 ± 0.44 – 35.72 ± 1.19, Phosphate 0.36 ± 0.02 – 0.91 ± 0.03 and Nitrate 1.00 ± 0.03 – 0.56 ± 0.05. Above values are within the acceptable range except the site 1 which has mildly polluted due to anthropogenic activities. Regular monitoring of water quality parameters can help to conserve freshwater ecosystem.
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