A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOIL AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY AROUND KURICHI, UKKADAM AND SINGANALLUR LAKE IN COIMBATORE CITY

Soil and surface water are the essential components for survial of oganism. Surface water quality contamination is one of the most important environmental issues in Tamil Nadu. Due to increase in the population and industrialization of Coimbatore and there is solid waste are generation. The effluent of these wastes are being disposed randomly on soils, river, lake and roadside without any treatment. It is also affected by industrial waste water, dumping household waste and other causes. In this study of Kuruchi, Ukkadam and Singanallur Lakes the physicochemical parameters of surface water and soil were tested. The parameters for surface water including pH, Electrical Conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids, Total Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Chlorides, Sulphates, NO2, NO3, Carbonate, Bicarbonate, Sodium, Pottasium, Dissolved oxygen COD and BOD to determine the water quality of study area. The physico chemical parameters of soil including pH, Electrical Conductivity, Organic matter, Calcium, Magnesium, Phospurus, Nitrogen, Pottasium, Copper, Zinc, Iron and Manganese. Mostly all the physicochemical parameters were found above the prescribed limit as recommended by WHO (2011) and BIS (2010) drinking water quality. There may be suggested that conservation of fresh water lakes can be implemented and regular monitoring for management of good water quality needful for sustainable environment