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H. V. Vyas ¹, V. A. Sawant ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, S. M. Dr Bapuji Salunkhe College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India, IN

Abstract

Present study has been made to investigate seasonal variations of water quality parameters in drinking water from some borewells in Kolhapur city. The samples were collected during the year 2005-2006 in summer, rainy and winter seasons. The water samples were analysed for various parameters such as pH, E.C., dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, chloride, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness, calcium, magnesium and sulphate etc. Certain parameters were higher than the permissible limit recommended by World Health Organisation (WHO) and BIS. The Study revealed significant changes in water quality during different seasons of in a year.

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H. V. Vyas ¹, V. A. Sawant ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, S. M. Dr. Bapuji Salunkhe College, Miraj, Maharashtra, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur-416 004, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

Kolhapur city is one of the industrial cities where different metal processing units such as machine fabricating and electroplating units are working from last many years. The present paper deals with water quality analysis of underground water from some bore wells located in Shivaji Udyamnagar Industrial area. The Physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, turbidity, electric conductivity, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), hardness, calcium, magnesium, chlorides, total solids (TS), total dissolved solids (TDS), sulphate, nitrate, phosphate and sodium were studied along with iron and lead. The bacteriological study of water such as MPN, SPC and E. coli were carried out from four sampling sites. The results were compared with WHO and ICMR standards. The results reveal that effluent discharge from industries may be responsible for changing the water quality.

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