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ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2020

Spatial changes in water and heavy metal contamination in water and sediment of river Ganga in the river belt Haridwar to Kanpur.

Dinesh Kumar, D S Malik, Narendra Kumar, Neelima Gupta, Varsha Gupta

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Dinesh KumarDepartment of Biotechnology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
D S MalikDepartment of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Narendra KumarDepartment of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Neelima GuptaDepartment of Biotechnology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Varsha GuptaDepartment of Biotechnology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. guptavarsha0210@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-1062

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University Grants Commission F1-17.1/2016-17/RGNF-2015-17-SC-UTT-8029
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Despite heavy investments and a number of government schemes, deterioration in water quality of river Ganga and its tributaries is an issue of serious concern. Among all the cities, thriving on Ganga, Kanpur is considered to add maximum pollution in the river. In the present study, water samples were collected seasonally from nine selected sites within the middle stretch of river Ganga from Haridwar to Kanpur. The velocity, temperature, pH, alkalinity, hardness, dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were analyzed during winter (November-January), summer (March-June) and monsoon (July-September) season from November 2016 to September 2017 along with heavy metal analysis of water and sediment samples of the winter season. The levels of Cr, Cu, Cd and Pb were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Water quality was evaluated by water quality index (WQI) using BIS and WHO standards. The WQI values showed good water quality at Haridwar site (< 100) while it was very poor at other sites and Kanpur (> 100) which renders it highly unfit for human consumption and survival of some fish species because of low DO value (4.65 ± 1.08 mg L

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RiversBiological Oxygen Demand AnalysisEnvironmental MonitoringGeologic SedimentsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIndiaMetals, HeavyOxygenSeasonsSpectrophotometry, AtomicWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater QualityMetals, HeavyOxygenWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalFish toleranceHeavy metalsOxygen demandRiver healthWater quality index (WQI)

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