European Journal of Biotechnology and Bioscience

Authors
Ashu Mishra

Abstract
The present study involves physico-chemical analysis of Satna River were investigated for one year from June 2014 to May 2015. The main purpose of study is to provide baseline data regarding potability and self-purification of water along the industrial belt. Hydrobiological parameters include water temperature, colour, turbidity or total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, pH, free CO2, DO, free ammonia, nitrates, phosphates, sulphates, BOD and population dynamics. The present investigations showed that water was crystal clear with high values of pH and DO at S1 while at effluent S2 has high values of BOD, free ammonia, nitrates, sulphates, chlorides, free CO2, turbidity, TDS, but low values of DO with more alkaline nature of wastewater. Water pollution has become one of the major threat to human health. The safe drinking water is now globally one of the most serious challenges. Vast industrialization, uses of insecticides and pesticides and vast use of fertilizers to meet the need of food of exponential growth in population is responsible to change physico-chemical characteristics of water.