Open AccessAssessment of Water Quality and Parameters Leading to Eutrophication in an Urban Water Body
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.f1170.0486s419
Subject(s) - eutrophication , chemical oxygen demand , water quality , biochemical oxygen demand , sodium adsorption ratio , total dissolved solids , environmental science , environmental chemistry , sodium carbonate , sodium , phosphorus , irrigation , chemistry , total suspended solids , environmental engineering , nutrient , wastewater , agronomy , ecology , organic chemistry , drip irrigation , biology
This study has been carried out to assess surface water quality and the status of eutrophication in the UkkadamPeriyakulam lake which is a part of the Coimbatore Anicut channel system. The lake is fed by the canals of NoyyalRiver, it has a waterspreadarea of 320 acres and a storage capacity of 70 mcft. The water samples for assessment were collected during post monsoon period of the year 2018-19. The physiochemical parameters such as pH, Total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, chlorides, nitrates, sulphates, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, total hardness; bio-chemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, lead and chromium were quantified. The various parameters are used to understand the spatial distribution. The suitability of water for drinking and irrigation purposes based on the results from Water quality index, Residual Sodium Carbonate Index, Sodium Adsorption is being discussed in this paper.