Ganga Water Quality Along the Religious Bathing Area Of Ganga In Varanasi on 29-03-07
Location (Ghat)
Parameters
Tulsi Ghat
Kshem.
Ghat
R.P. Ghat
Panch Ganga
Trilo chan
Telia
Khirkiya
Varuna
DO (mg/l))
7.2
7.2
7.4
7.4
7.0
7.0
5.2
4.0
BOD (mg/l)
5.6
7.8
13.2
3.6
12.8
16
32
44
FCC/100ml
43000
55000
41000
16000
98000
112000
176000
3100000
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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