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A Case Study of Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Analysis of Ajnal River at Harda M P During Monsoon Season
A Case Study of Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Analysis of Ajnal River at Harda M P During Monsoon Season
A Case Study of Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Analysis of Ajnal River at Harda M P During Monsoon Season
ABSTRACT
Water is a most valuable source for the survival of municipal wastes and industrial waste it increases the
mankind. River Ajnal situated at Harda district (M.P.) bacteria population and change in physico-chemical
physico
it become a nalla during recent decades. The parameters also. In the recent past, expanding human
manmade activities such as discharge of waste population, industrialisation, intensive agricultural
materials in flowing water, religious used waste practices and discharge of massive amount of waste
material is a main part of it. These activities affect the water into the river have resulted in deterioration in
physico-chemical
chemical and bacteriological properties of water quality.
river water and create the pollution
lution of water and
water-borne
borne disease like Cholera, dysentery etc. The water quality is fully depends on physico-physico
collecting the sample from three different sites of chemical and bacteriological parameters. physico-
physico
river during monsoon season and analysed the chemical parameters such as pH, temperature, light,
physico-chemical
chemical parameter in Chemistry lab and dissolved
issolved solids, turbidity and biological agents like
identifying the isolated bacterial colonie
colonies which faecal Coliforms etc. are very important for determine
cultivated in nutrient media. TDS, Hardness, and DO the quality of river water.
was found in impermissible limit during research
work and Colifoms, Faecal colifoms and Water is the source of diseses transmission. Feacal
Pseudomonas spp. were observed in water sample matter in water contains human enteric bacteria and
which causes the water borne illness. A brief attempt therefore Faecal contamination is one of the most
has been
en made to study the extent of change in quality important criteria for water quality assessment (Scott
of water in comparison to water quality standards of et al.2003). Coliforms are the major microbial
world health organisation (WHO). indicator of water quality monitoring. Therefore,
bacteriological assessment, particularly for total
Keyword: Survival, Ajnal river, physico
physico-chemical, Coliforms or Faecalal colifroms is routinely carried out
Cholera, Coliforms. to ascertain the quality and portability of water. The
determination of total Coliforms and total Faecal
INTRODUCTION coliforms count is the widely used bacteriological
Water the most important resource of nature is methods for assessment of the quality of the drinking
increasingly becoming a scare resource. Rivers are water. The
he presence of such bacteria can be taken as
playing an important role as major water resource. an inductor of Faecal contamination is present, how
Unfortunately, rivers are being polluted by serious it is and what steps can be taken to eliminate
indiscriminate disposal of sewage, religious used is important.
waste, statue immersion in river water, local
community waste material, which affects the its The World Health Organisation (WHO, 1996)
physico-chemical
chemical properties and microbiological provides guidelines for drinking water for quality
qual and
pollution of the water body (Koshy and Nayer 1999). recommended that no Faecal coliforms should be
On the emergence of floods during the monsoon found in drinking water. Presence of faecal coliforms
season drain into river waterr which includes in as E. coli serves as an indicator for the possible
Water Temperature: Temperature is one of the most During Monsoon season water temperature varied
important parameter of water because it affects the from 23.8 to 27.5 ºC. The river water temperature
biotic as well as abiotic components of the ecosystem.