期刊名称：International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences
电子版ISSN：2319-1414
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：41-45
语种：English
出版社：International Science Community Association
摘要：The wastewater has greatest potential for polluting the receiving water. River Kshipra is one of the sacred Indian rivers is being polluted by effluents discharged from Bhairavgarh dye industries. The most common textile processing unit consists of desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerizing and dyeing process. The present study was an attempt for assessment of water quality being polluted by effluents. Selected parameters include pH, temperature, electrical conductivity, total solids (TS), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total alkalinity, total hardness and chloride content. These were monitored in the untreated effluent and receiving watershed (River Kshipra) following standard protocol. High levels were observed in COD (73-345 mg/l), pH (7.6-9), TS (2100-6050 mg/l), TDS (1990-5820 mg/l), DO (0-8 mg/l), total hardness (321-880 mg/l), which exceeds the standard levels of BIS and world health organization (WHO). The study revealed that there was an adverse impact on physicochemical characteristics of river Kshipra as a result of directly discharge of untreated effluents from Bhairavgarh dye industries. This poses a health risk to several rural communities which rely on the receiving water bodies primarily as their source of domestic water.
