Water quality variations and control technology of Yamuna River

Bhargava, D. S.

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“…It seems possible that the Eichhornia plants growing in the Yamuna could have a beneficial effect on the fiver in reducing toxic materials brought in effluents discharged into the fiver and in oxygenation. Bhargava (1985) has suggested that these plants should be encouraged to grow in the drains before the discharge into the fiver. In order to reduce the inorganic pollutants, the plants would have to be collected, ashed and the ash disposed of in a suitable manner.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…We recorded values of 7.6 and 7.5 in soils from this site. Bhargava (1985) has reported that hardness rises at Delhi and continues to increase down to Agra and has suggested that sub-soil as well as well as surface minerals, such as limestone and dolomite, conlxibute to both hardness and conductivity. He further suggests that at Delhi, the discharge of waste water significantly increases conductivity (from dissolved minerals), hardness and chloride concentration.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…In a recent study of the Yamuna, Bhargava (1985) reported that the quality of its water is significantly degraded when it passes through urban areas such as Delhi, the effect being greater in the summer when the river volume is comparatively low.…”

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confidence: 98%

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A preliminary investigation of pollution in the River Yamuna, Delhi, India: Metal concentrations in river bank soils and plants

Farago

Mehra

Banerjee

1989

Environ Geochem Health

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A preliminary study of inorganic elements in the river bank soil and plants from the River Yamuna in Delhi has been carried out. Soil at Okhla, near the Water Works plant has a high zinc content (1,215 μg g(-1) and this is reflected in the high concentration of zinc (2,029 μg g(-1)) in Eichhornia plants growing in the river at this point. Although in general the aluminium content of the soils is low in comparison with the world mean, soil near the effluent from the ash settling basins of the Indraprathsa Power Station contains elevated aluminium.Eichhornia plants growing near this effluent are stunted and unhealthy, and is suggested that, taking into account the high pH, possible causes are toxicity from aluminium or boron.

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A preliminary investigation of pollution in the River Yamuna, Delhi, India: Metal concentrations in river bank soils and plants

Farago

Mehra

Banerjee

1989

Environ Geochem Health

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“…Yamuna's water quality in the Himalayan segment and in the segment after confluence with the Chambal river is relatively good (Bhargava, 1983b(Bhargava, , 1985c. However, because of the removal of large volumes of water and discharge of pollutants into the river system the water quality in the Delhi segment and next highly eutrophicated segment is critical.…”

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Revival of Mathura's ailing Yamuna river

Bhargava

2006

Environmentalist

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The quality restoration of any river, especially of the Yamuna at Mathura, a religious center in India, is a very complex and interdisciplinary endeavor. River pollution cannot be minimized merely by diverting the routes of drains carrying wastewaters and/or establishing sewage treatment plants. The required strategy for pollution control should not only be a multi-line approach but also be fool proof. The various sources of pollution in the Yamuna river and possible strategies to restore this ailing river to its pristine status are presented in this paper.

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“…At present, there are over 30 kinds of WQI being used in many parts of the world [7]. The WQI model coined by Bhargava (in India) in 1983 [1,2] is one of the simple models, easy to use in the developing countries. On the other hand, this model allows assessing WQ for both general (multipurpose) use and specific use (such as domestic water supply, agriculture and aquaculture etc.…”

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Classification and Zoning of Water Quality for Three Main Rivers in Binh Tri Thien Region (Central Vietnam) Based on Water Quality Index

Hop

Tung

2017

AJSTD

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Huong, Thach Han and Kien Giang rivers are the important surface water sources in Thua Thien Hue, Quang Tri and Quang Binh provinces, respectively (in Central Vietnam). The river water samples were taken monthly (from June 2001 to May 2002 for Kien Giang river and from January to December of 2004 for Thach Han and Huong rivers) at selected sites. The temperature, pH, conductivity (EC), salinity, turbidity (TUR), DO, COD, BOD 5 , nitrate, ammonia, phosphate, total solids (TS), hardness, total dissolved iron, total coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC) and sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) of water samples were analyzed. Water quality index developed by Bhargava (Bhargava-WQI) was modified and applied to assess water quality of the above mentioned rivers. Based on Bhargava-WQI, the classification and zoning of the rivers for beneficial uses were carried out. The results obtained show that the water quality index can be used as an efficient tool for the water quality management and water pollution control of the rivers.

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Water quality variations and control technology of Yamuna River

Cited by 45 publications

References 2 publications

A preliminary investigation of pollution in the River Yamuna, Delhi, India: Metal concentrations in river bank soils and plants

A preliminary investigation of pollution in the River Yamuna, Delhi, India: Metal concentrations in river bank soils and plants

Revival of Mathura's ailing Yamuna river

Classification and Zoning of Water Quality for Three Main Rivers in Binh Tri Thien Region (Central Vietnam) Based on Water Quality Index

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