DETERMINATION OF WATER QUALITY INDEX OF ANNAPURNA RIVER IN DEVGAD TALUKA, DISTRICT SINDHUDURG, MAHARASHTRA

ABSTRACT Water has always been an important survival medium for all the living organisms. But the increasing population has resulted into the industrialization, urbanization, constructions, etc., due to which the limited freshwater resources are threatened with pollution. Assessment of Water Quality Index (WQI) is one of the best tool to calculate the pollution status of the waterbody. Hence, the present study was undertaken to calculate the WQI of Annapurna River in Devgad taluka of district Sindhudurg. Annapurna River is the main source of municipal water supply. Water Quality Index in the present study was determined on the basis of physico-chemical parameters like pH, Total Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Chlorides, Dissolved Oxygen and Biological Oxygen Demand. Key words: Water Quality Index, Annapurna River, Pollution, Sindhudurg. REFERENCES APHA (1992). Standard method for the Examination of water and waste water. APHA AWWA, WPET Washington DC, U. S. A. 18th edition. Bahura(1998). A study of physico-chemical characteristic of a highly eutrophic temple tank, Bikaner. J. Aqua. Biol., 13(1&2):47-51. BIS (1993). Standards for Water for Drinking and other purposes, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi. Chaterjee, C. and Raziuddin, M(2002). Determination of water quality index (WQI) of adegraded river in Asanol Industrial area, Raniganj, Burdwan,West Bengal. Nature, Environment and pollution Technology.,1(2):181-189. Govindan and Sundaresan, B. B(1979). Seasonal succession of algal flora in polluted region of Adyar River. Indian Journal of Environment and Health, 21:131-142. Hulyul, S. B. and Kaliwal B.B(2011). Seasonal variations in physico-chemical characteristics of Almatti Reservoir of Bijapur district, Karnataka state, IJPE(1):58-67. ICMR (1975). Manual of standards of quality for drinking water supplies. Indian Council of Medical Research, Spe.Rep., No. 44:27. Jain, Y and Dhanija, S. K(2000). Studies in a polluted centric water body of jabalpur with special reference to which physico-chemical and biological parameters. J. Envi. Biol., (7):83-88. Jana, B. B(1973). Seasonal periodicity of plankton in fresh water ponds, West Bengal, India. Journal of International Rev. Ges. Hydrobiology.,58:127-143. Kankal, N. C., Indurkar, S. K., Gudadhe, S. K. and Wate S. R(2012). Water quality index of surface water bodies of Gujarat, India.Asian J. Exp. Sci.,26(1), 39-48. Kannan, K (1991). Fundamentals of Environmental Pollution. S. Chand and Company Ltd., New Delhi. Khan, I. A. and Khan, A. A(1985). Physico-chemical conditions in SeikhaJheel at Aligarh.Journal of Environment Ecology,3:269-274. Kodarkar, M.S., Diwan, A.D., Murugan, N., Kulkarni K.M., Anuradha, R (1998). Methodology for water analysis, Indian Association of Aquatic Biologists, IAAB, Publication No. 2. Mane, A. M. and Pawar, S. K(2007). Some physico-chemical properties of Manar River of Nanded District, Maharashtra. J. Aqua. Biol., 22(2):88-90. Manivasakam, N(1980). Physico-chemical examination of water, sewage and industrial effluents. PragatiPrakashan, Meerut, India. Moundiotiya, C., Sisodia, R., Kulshreshtha, M. and Bhatia, A.L(2004). A case study of the JamwaRamgarh Wetland with special reference to physic-chemical properties of water and its environs. Journal of Environmental Hydrology. 12:p.24. Prasannakumari, A. A., Gangadevi T. and Sukeshkumar C. P(2003). Surface water quality of river Neyyar- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Poll. Res.,22(4):515-525. Shanthi, K.K., Ramasamy and Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P(2002). Hydrobiological study of Siganallur Lake at Coimbatore, India. Journal of Nature Environment and Pollution Technology.,1(2): 97-101. Sreenivasan, A(1972). Limnology of seepage type impoundment Odathuri tank. J. Inland Fish. Soc. India 4:162-168. Tambekar, D. H., Gulhane, S. R. and Vaidya, P. B(2005). Bacteriological quality index of drinking water in villages of Purna valley of Vidarbha by H2S methods. Nature Env. Poll. Technol.4(3): 333-337. Trivedy, R.K. and Goel, P.K(1986). Chemical and Biological methods for water pollution studies. Environmental publications, Karad. Wetzel, R. G(1975). Limnology. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A. 743. WHO(2001). Guidelines standards and Health: Assessment of Risk Management for water related infectious diseases. World Health Organization, Geneva. WHO (1992). International Standards for Drinking water. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO(1994). Guidelines for drinking water quality (Recommendations). World Health Organization, Geneva. Yadav, P., Yadav, V. K., Yadav, A. K. and Khare, P. K(2013). Physico-chemical characteristics of a fresh water pond of Orai, U. P., Central India. Octa. J.Biosci., 1(2):177-184