Haldar, Soumya and Mandal, Subir Kumar and Thorat, R B and Goel, Sangita and Baxi, Krushnakant D and Parmer, Navalsang P and Patel, Vipul and Basha, S and Mody, K H (2014) Water pollution of Sabarmati River—a Harbinger to potential disaster. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186 (4). pp. 2231-2242. ISSN 0167-6369, ESSN: 1573-2959

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Abstract

River Sabarmati is one of the biggest and major river of Gujarat that runs through two major cities of Gujarat, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad and finally meets the Gulf of Khambhat (GoK) in the Arabian Sea. A study was conducted to evaluate the water quality of this river, as it could possibly be one of the major sources for filling up Kalpasar, the proposed man-made freshwater reservoir supposed to be the biggest one in the world. A total of nine sampling stations were established covering 163 km stretch of the river from upstream of Gandhinagar city to Vataman near Sabarmati estuary. Physicochemical (temprature, pH, salinity, chloride, total dissolved solids, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, phenol, and petroleum hydrocarbons), biological (phytoplankton), and microbiological (total and selective bacterial count) analyses indicated that the river stretch from Ahmedabad-Vasana barriage to Vataman was highly polluted due to perennial waste discharges mainly from municipal drainage and industries. An implementation of sustainable management plan with proper treatment of both municipal and industrial effluents is essential to prevent further deterioration of the water quality of this river.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Water Pollution; Sabarmati River; Physicochemical Parameters; Bacteria; Phytoplankton
Subjects:	Environmental Pollution
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Sangita Goel
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2017 09:38
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2017 09:38
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/848

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