Integrated Study of Physico-Chemical Quality Parameter of Water at Lucknow

A systematic study has been carried out to the water quality index of Gomti River in Lucknow District. water samples from five sampling stations were collected and analysed for physico-chemical parameters (Temp, velocity, pH, dissolved oxygen, free CO2, C.O.D., B.O.D., Carbonate, Bicarbonate, total alkalinity, hardness, turbidity, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, nitrate, phosphate, chloride, sulphate, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids and total suspended solids.) The study area experiences a seasonal climate and broadly divided into two seasons as Pre-Mansoon and Post-Mansoon. The samples were collected and analysed for two consecutive years 2017 and 2018. Each parameter was compared with the standard desirable limit of that parameter in river water as prescribed by different agencies. The analytical data of various physicochemical parameters indicates that some parameters like pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, turbidity and sodium are found to be in excess than the prescribed limit in some water samples of the study areas.