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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2014 , Volume 2, Issue 2
Page No. : 102-105
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Evaluation of Physico-chemical characteristics and microbial contamination in drainage channel of Gola river water at different distance gradients
Preeti Singh*, Akansha Rastogi and Veer Singh
Dept of Environment Science, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: preetienv@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
River Gola originates from Kumaun Himalaya and flows into mountains for several kilometers and
descends down into the plains where it starts getting polluted due to the major pollution load contributed
by the effluents of the Lalkuan-based Century Pulp and Paper Mill (Uttarakhand). The value of BOD
(300 mgl-1), COD (812 mgl-1), TDS (1460 mgl-1), TSS (580 mgl-1), chloride (775 mgl-1), E.C.(1185ms
/cm3), pH and turbidity and microbial population (E. coli)(300/100ml) of water were very high at the
point of onset of waste and decreased with increasing distance from the source. In this study we planned
to estimate the pollution load generated by the paper and pulp industry in water at different distances (0-
17 km) and possibilities of the natural water purification in course of its passage with distance and time.
Keywords: Gola river, pulp and paper mill, effluent, BOD, E.coli.
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Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 2 (2): 102-105 (2014)
