Authors : Rishabh Kumar; Jay Singh Rajput; A.K Saxena

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY1308

Abstract : Water is a natural resource used for drinking, agriculture, and industry. Being a vital source of life for living beings, its quality needs to be assessed regularly and the environmental health of water resources should be maintained accordingly. This study assessed the water quality of Tighra reservoir, which is the primary source of water supply in Gwalior, M.P. For this task, the water sampling was carried out during Jun-Sep, 2023. Total 32 samples were collected to cover pre & post monsoon and monsoon season. Subsequently, the water quality parameters such as pH, Turbidity, Acidity, Alkalinity, Chloride, Hardness, Total solids (TS), Total dissolved solids (TDS), Total suspended solids (TSS), Dissolved solid (DS), Iron (Fe), MPN were determined to assess weighted arithmetic water quality index (WA-WQI). Consequently, the WQI ranges from 15.91 to 121.76 respectively. Furthermore, poor water quality was observed at SS7 followed by SS6, and SS5. However, good quality of water was observed at SS1 followed by SS2, SS3, and SS8. The seasonal distribution of WQI reveals that June (19.38-121.75) with SS7 and SS6 have poor water quality, July (16.74-66.87) with SS5, SS6, and SS7 have poor water quality, August (38.08-79.28) with SS4, SS5, SS6, and SS7 have poor water quality, September (15.91-101.11) with SS4, SS5, SS6, and SS7 have poor water quality. The aforementioned findings will surely help to local authorities to take suitable action for the upgradation water quality of Tighra reservoir.

Keywords : WA-WQI, Seasonal-Variance, Water Quality.

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