Author(s)

Ankit Yadav, Pravin Kumar Sahu, Suryakant Chakradhari, Keshaw Prakash Rajhans, Shobhana Ramteke, Nohar Singh Dahariya, Gaurav Agnihotri, Khageshwar Singh Patel^*

School of Studies in Chemistry/Environmental Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India.

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.

Surfactant, Water Quality, Microbe, Pond

Yadav, A. , Sahu, P. , Chakradhari, S. , Rajhans, K. , Ramteke, S. , Dahariya, N. , Agnihotri, G. and Patel, K. (2016) Urban Pond Water Contamination in India. Journal of Environmental Protection, 7, 52-59. doi: 10.4236/jep.2016.71005.