Volume 24, Issue 4 p. 324-331
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Assessment of ponds surrounding Imphal Valley on the basis of various biological and physicochemical parameters

Soubam Indrakumar Singh

Soubam Indrakumar Singh

Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

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Priyanka Sharma

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Priyanka Sharma

Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

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Priyanka Sharma and Rajeev Kumar, Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India.

Emails: priya2nannu@yahoo.com; rajeev@pu.ac.in

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Savita Chaudhary

Savita Chaudhary

Department of Chemistry and Center for Advanced Studies in Chmeistry, Panjab Univesrity, Chandigarh, India

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Mon Gonchandra Sharma

Mon Gonchandra Sharma

Scientific Section, Manipur Pollution Control Board, Imphal, India

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Saltanat Yegemova

Saltanat Yegemova

Research Centre of Ecology and Environment of Central Asia (Almaty), U.U. Uspanov Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Rajeev Kumar

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Rajeev Kumar

Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

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Priyanka Sharma and Rajeev Kumar, Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India.

Emails: priya2nannu@yahoo.com; rajeev@pu.ac.in

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First published: 31 October 2019
Citations: 2

Abstract

The water quality is one of the major criteria for the environmental evaluation based on the parametric changes in the physicochemical and biological properties of water. The distribution patterns of physicochemical and biological characteristics of the various rivers in the Imphal Valley have been studied in this work. The objective of the work is to determine the surface water quality of Imphal Valley to assess its suitability for domestic purposes. The physicochemical parameters of water such as water temperature, pH, hardness, alkalinity, EC, TDS, chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and nitrate were analysed for the experimentation. The biological characteristics were estimated from the Total coliform and Escherichia coli content of water. The physicochemical parameters were within the acceptable limits on the other hand Total coliform, and E. coli values were exceeding from the acceptable and permissible limits as prescribed by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The study suggests untreated domestic disposal from market and household to the water body causes heavy pollution in rivers of Imphal Valley.

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