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Impact of Town Waste Water on Water Quantity of River Bhama Shirish S Pingale P.G. Department of Chemistry, Gramonnati Mandal’s Arts, Commerce and Science College, Narayangaon, (Affiliated to University of ), Pune, Pin - 410 504, ,

Received for publication: January 04, 2013; Accepted: February 26, 2013

Abstract: The samples of river wastewater were collected during July to September 2010 at different places five kilometers on either sides of National Highway (NH50) bridge at Bham and were analyzed. The water quality with respect to physical parameters, mineral constituents, suspended matter, dissolved oxygen Demand and Nitrogen were observed. The DO, BOD and all other parameters of this river water are found to be within stipulated limits of inland surface water of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as well as Quality Criteria and Standards for irrigation Waters given in Environmental Guidelines and Standards in India. This river is found to be incapable of receiving any additional pollutional load in this segment at NH-50 National Highway Bridge.

Keywords: Water Quantity, BOD, DO, pH, EC.

Introduction The river Bhama is one of the major in Pune Temperature of river water was noted at the District (Maharashtra). The main flow of this river is time of collection of samples. The samples were trapped in Chas-Kaman Dam, a big water Reservoir, preserved in insulated boxes with enough ice & which play important role in irrigation, agriculture. brought to the laboratory for analysis and analyzed There are many KT dams. The main flow of water is within 12 hrs. The samples were analyzed for pH, during June to November. The water quality EC at 25◦C, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Alkalinity, Sulphate and investigation is based on the collection of monthly Chloride, DO, BOD and suspended solids as per sample during July to Sept. 2010 and concluded that standard procedures. the river was not polluted but at bridge place (Khed) the disposal of town waste water is mixed with river Results and Discussion water without any pretreatment. Bhama river The observations of Three months receives water from others such as Bhama, (monsoon) July, August and September 2009 are Indrayani, Meena, Kukadi, Mula, Mutha etc. given. The maximum & minimum ranges of water Bhamashankar is famous as one of the Jyotirlingas of quality parameters of the period mentioned above Lord Mahesha. River Bhama is popular as River are presented in table. 1. Chandrabhaga at Pandharpur.

The samples were collected from Pune The River water temperature did not Nashik Highway No. 50 Bridge and 5 kilometer indicate any significant impact due to inflow of distance from either sides of bridge. This article town wastewater. From above data it is clear that, examines the impact of waste water disposal water water brought higher amount of suspended solids quality during July to September 2010. apart from chemical load. The river is not likely to carry considerable amount of suspended solids Sampling & Analysis: originated naturally i.e. no much erosion. The The samples were collected at three suspended solids mainly consist of dust particles, mentioned places. The entry of town wastewater is fine coal dust, ash etc. one kilometer distance from the sample collection center. Grab sample were collected from flowing All mineral constituents in river water are zone of the river water at these three Locations noticed at the entry of wastewater inflow. The during 9.00 am to 11.00 am once in 1st 10 days recorded pH indicates marginal increase in basicity during July to September 2010. The samples were at entry point of wastewater. The DO and BOD is not collected at the town wastewater entry points. within the range.

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Shirish S Pingale, P.G. Department of Chemistry, Gramonnati Mandal’s Arts, Commerce and Science College, Narayangaon, Pune, Pin - 410 504, Maharashtra, India. 1166

Shirish S Pingale et al.,: Int. J. Chemical and Life Sciences, 2013, 02 (05), 1166-1167

Table. 1: Observations of Water Quality Parameters The Water Quality Status: The DO in samples was less than tolerance Physical Parameter Period Bridge KT1 KT2 Temperature of July 28.6 28.6 27.8 range 4 mg /lit. BOD load was also in tolerance River water August 28.4 28.5 28.7 range 3 mg/lit except at highway bridge place. The September 28.5 28.6 28.5 river water at these points was found to be within Suspended Solids July 16.2 17.3 28.3 the stipulated limits of all parameters of inland August 20.2 19.2 17.2 September 16.1 26.1 27.2 surface water of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Mineral July 19.6 18.2 18.2 The river appeared to be capable of diluting the Constituent August 7.1 14.3 7.2 waste brought into the river in the form of town Na September 7.2 14.3 7.9 waste in short stretches (5 to 10 km.) downstream. Mineral July 1.5 1.6 2.1 Constituent August 2.3 2.2 2.2 The river does not have any additional burden of K September 4.3 4.4 5.5 pollutional load at these points Mineral July 13.4 4.3 6.2 Constituent August 8.1 8.3 8.4 References Ca September 10.2 10.5 1.6 1. Clairi N Sawyer and Perry L Mccarty, Chemistry for Mineral July 1.19 1.26 2.14 Constituent August 3.22 2.21 2.92 Environmental Engineering, 3rd ed. P445 MC Graw Hill Mg September 2.36 2.43 5.37 Book Company Singapore (1989) Alkalinity July 40.40 41.30 43.22 August 36.30 38.20 39.23 2. Standard Methods for the Examination of water & wate September 38.11 36.19 36.15 waters, 14th Ed. APHA, WPCF & AWWA, Washington, Dc., Chloride July 1.29 1.27 1.22 USA (1965) August 1.22 1.26 1.42 September 1.42 1.22 1.63 3. Panda RB, Sahu BK, Guranik BK, Sinha BK, and Nayak A, Sulphate July 3.44 4.23 5.22 Investigation of water quality of Brahmani River, Ind. J. August 4.24 2.29 2.26 Environmental Health, 33 (1) 45-50, (1991). September 3.27 3.52 3.24 BOD July 4.32 4.31 4.31 4. Goel PK and KP Sharma, Environmental Guidelines & August 2.25 2.23 2.02 Standards in India (Techno Science Publications) September 2.21 2.23 2.22 pH July 7.24 7.62 7.29 5. Trivedi PR and Gurdeep Raj, Environmental Problems August 7.26 7.24 7.26 Impact Assessment Akshadeep Publishing House Delhi. September 7.24 7.23 7.26 EC July 8.42 10.20 19.20 August 22.20 23.25 29.23 September 29.21 34.22 32.28

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