Assessment of Water Quality of Hasdeo River, Korea district, Chhattisgarh: with special reference to Pollution due to Coal mines

An investigation was undertaken to study of physical & chemical properties of Hasdeo river water at Korea district have been carried out and The parameters studied were pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, chloride, sulphate, fluoride, total dissolved solids and conductivity. Coal waste if discharged into river water can give rise to significant deterioration in its quality. This paper presents river water quality of Hasdeo river in Korea district. Nine different locations were selected for the study and compared. From overall analysis, it was observed that there was a slight fluctuation in the physico-chemical parameters among the river water samples studied. Comparison of the physico-chemical parameters of the river water sample with WHO and ICMR limits showed that the river water is slightly contaminated and account for not any health hazards for human use