Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India
<p>The indiscriminate release of industrial effluents, domestic sewage, agricultural runoff have resulted in extensive contamination of water and soil with heavy metals thereby causing hazard to flora and fauna and the aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, there is a need for biological monitoring stu...
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| description | <p>The indiscriminate release of industrial effluents, domestic sewage, agricultural runoff have resulted in extensive contamination of water and soil with heavy metals thereby causing hazard to flora and fauna and the aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, there is a need for biological monitoring studies to evaluate the toxic concentrations of various chemical compounds so that certain preventive measure can be taken to ensure the safety of the environment. Therefore, this study was focused at investigating few of the important heavy metals like zinc, chromium, cadmium, mercury and lead, in water along with sediments of the Jaikwadi dam. It has been found that the content of mercury was the highest in both water (15.24 - 18.21 μg/L) and sediments, it is followed by lead (14.31 - 18.38 μg/L), cadmium (1.95 - 2.29 μg/L), chromium (0.68 - 4.00 μg/L) and finally zinc (0.88 - 1.77 μg/L). High concentrations particularly of mercury and lead warrant studies for their remediation so that the concentration remains safe for the populace dependent on the water.</p><p><strong>INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT</strong><br />Volume-5, Issue-2, March-May 2016, Page: 75-88</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28cf2d36dddc47b081278e27477f03662022-12-22T03:35:43ZengProgressive Sustainable Developers NepalInternational Journal of Environment2091-28542016-05-0152758810.3126/ije.v5i2.1500811721Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, IndiaSatish S Patil0Geetanjali Kaushik1Department of Environmental Sciences, Dr. BabaSaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, MaharashtraMGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, N-6 CIDCO, Aurangabad 431003, Maharashtra<p>The indiscriminate release of industrial effluents, domestic sewage, agricultural runoff have resulted in extensive contamination of water and soil with heavy metals thereby causing hazard to flora and fauna and the aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, there is a need for biological monitoring studies to evaluate the toxic concentrations of various chemical compounds so that certain preventive measure can be taken to ensure the safety of the environment. Therefore, this study was focused at investigating few of the important heavy metals like zinc, chromium, cadmium, mercury and lead, in water along with sediments of the Jaikwadi dam. It has been found that the content of mercury was the highest in both water (15.24 - 18.21 μg/L) and sediments, it is followed by lead (14.31 - 18.38 μg/L), cadmium (1.95 - 2.29 μg/L), chromium (0.68 - 4.00 μg/L) and finally zinc (0.88 - 1.77 μg/L). High concentrations particularly of mercury and lead warrant studies for their remediation so that the concentration remains safe for the populace dependent on the water.</p><p><strong>INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT</strong><br />Volume-5, Issue-2, March-May 2016, Page: 75-88</p>http://nepjol.info/index.php/IJE/article/view/15008Heavy metalWaterSedimentsJaikwadi damAssessment |
| spellingShingle | Satish S Patil Geetanjali Kaushik Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India International Journal of Environment Heavy metal Water Sediments Jaikwadi dam Assessment |
| title | Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India |
| title_full | Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India |
| title_fullStr | Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India |
| title_short | Heavy Metal Assessment in Water and Sediments at Jaikwadi Dam (Godavari River) Maharashtra, India |
| title_sort | heavy metal assessment in water and sediments at jaikwadi dam godavari river maharashtra india |
| topic | Heavy metal Water Sediments Jaikwadi dam Assessment |
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