Ganga Water Quality Along the Religious Bathing Area Of Ganga In Varanasi on 28-02-07
Location (Ghat)
Parameters
Tulsi Ghat
Kshem.
Ghat
R.P. Ghat
Panch Ganga
Trilo chan
Telia
Khirkiya
Varuna
DO (mg/l))
7.4
7.0
7.6
7.6
7.0
6.8
5.2
5.0
BOD (mg/l)
6.8
7.5
12.6
2.8
16.0
16.8
26.7
39.7
FCC/100ml
39000
48000
47000
11000
72000
110000
1600000
2700000
Note & Discussion - DO is Dissolved Oxygen, BOD is Biochemical Oxygen Demand and FCC is Fecal Coliform Count. The Permissible limits of River Water for Direct Human Touch in respect of BOD is less than 3.0 mg/l and FCC is less than 500/100 ml.
From the above observations it is clear that the stretch between Trilochan Ghat and Varuna confluence is highly polluted due to huge discharge of sewage from the existing drains at these locations. Water quality has been found very poor also in other sampling locations.
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