TITLE:
Urban Pond Water Contamination in India
AUTHORS:
Ankit Yadav, Pravin Kumar Sahu, Suryakant Chakradhari, Keshaw Prakash Rajhans, Shobhana Ramteke, Nohar Singh Dahariya, Gaurav Agnihotri, Khageshwar Singh Patel
KEYWORDS:
Surfactant, Water Quality, Microbe, Pond
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
11,
2016
ABSTRACT: The stagnant water reservoirs in urban area of India are severely contaminated with surfactant and microbe due to anthropogenic activities. In this work, water quality of pond water of the most industrialized city: Raipur, CG, India is described. The concentration of surfactant in the term of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) in water (n = 16) is ranged from 7.0 - 27 mg/L with mean value of 17 ± 3 mg/L. All ponds are found to be contaminated with microbes i.e. bacteria, algae and fungi at elevated levels. The physico-chemical characteristics of the pond water are discussed.