Comprehensive evaluation of water quality status for entire stretch of Yamuna River, India

Jaiswal, Maneesh; Hussain, Jamil; Gupta, Sanjay; Nasr, Mahmoud; Nema, Arvind K.

doi:10.1007/s10661-019-7312-8

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“…River water have been used for various purposes including drinking, irrigation, domestic and industrial applications [ 1 , 2 ]. Unfortunately, the water quality in rivers has recently suffered from dramatic deterioration due to various anthropogenic and natural activities [ 3 ].…”

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Heavy metal contamination in the complete stretch of Yamuna river: A fuzzy logic approach for comprehensive health risk assessment

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River Yamuna is one of the most sacred major tributaries of river Ganga. This study aimed to assess the level of heavy metals in monsoon and non-monsoon season in river Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh, India and to assess the possible source of contamination and its associated health risk. Except for iron (Fe), the mean levels of all metals were within drinking water safe limits in both seasons. Except for chromium (Cr), lower values were observed for other metals in the monsoon season could be attributed dilution effect. Multivariate analysis indicated that both geogenic and anthropogenic sources contribute to heavy metals in river Yamuna in monsoon and non-monsoon seasons. The health risk in terms of hazard index (HI) and fuzzy-logic hazard index (FHI) demonstrated that both HI and FHI values among children exceeded the safe limit in most of the sites in non-monsoon seasons and in few in monsoon season. For adults, HI and FHI values were within safe limit.

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“…YAP-III, with an estimated cost of Rs.1656 crore, was launched in 2018 as an integrated component of the Namami Gange Mission 17 . The river Yamuna is analyzed monthly, seasonally, and yearly for its physical, chemical, and biological properties in previous research for various states and cities influenced by it or small stretches of river 18 – 21 . A sufficient amount of literature is available for the water quality of Yamuna and most of the analysis focused on the Delhi and stations lie after the Delhi’s.…”

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“…They have discussed the impact of the inflow of pollutants from the Delhi and NCR regions in the Yamuna. Jaiswal et al 21 carried out the multivariate study of the Yamuna river water to study the river water quality across the whole stretch. The samples were collected from July to October and November to June for 2013 and 2014.…”

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Physicochemical and biological analysis of river Yamuna at Palla station from 2009 to 2019

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Yamuna is one of the main tributaries of the river Ganga and passes through Delhi, the national capital of India. In the last few years, it is considered one of the most polluted rivers of India. We carried out the analysis for the physiochemical and biological conditions of the river Yamuna based on measurements acquired at Palla station, Delhi during 2009–19. For our analysis, we considered various physicochemical and biological parameters (Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Saturation, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Alkalinity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), and Total Coliform. The water stats of river Yamuna at Palla station were matched with Water Standards of India, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and World Health Organization (WHO). Maximum changes are observed in DO saturation and total coliform, while BOD and COD values are also seen higher than the upper limits. Total alkalinity rarely meets the minimum standards. TDS is found to be satisfactory as per the standard limit. The river quality falls under Class D or E (IS2296), Class III or IV (UNECE), and fails to fulfill WHO standards for water. After spending more than 130 million USD for the establishment of a large number of effluent treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, and common effluent treatment plants, increasing discharges of untreated sewage, partially treated industrial effluents and reduced discharge of freshwater from Hathnikund are causing deterioration in water quality and no major improvements are seen in water quality of river Yamuna.

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“…The pollution status of Indian rivers having the same anthropogenic sources and geo-environmental settings have been presented by many researchers. Major Indian rivers like Ganga and Yamuna receive various pollutants through direct and indirect means from both point and non-point sources (domestic sewage, agricultural runoffs, untreated pesticides, wastewater from industrial effluents) with the majority of pollutants from the domestic origin (Jaiswal et al 2019 ; Trombadore et al 2020 ). The river Gomti, one of the tributaries of the river Ganga, also receives pollutant discharge from drains and sewer system draining most abundant metals (Zn, Cu and Mn) while flowing through Lucknow city (Gupta et al 2014 ) which bioaccumulate and can affect humans particularly children consuming contaminated fish (Gupta et al 2015 ).…”

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Impact assessment on water quality in the polluted stretch using a cluster analysis during pre- and COVID-19 lockdown of Tawi river basin, Jammu, North India: an environment resiliency

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Kothari

Dhar

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Pollution-free rivers give indication of a healthy ecosystem. The stretch of Tawi river particularly in the Jammu city is experiencing pollution load and the quality is degraded. The present study highlights the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the water quality of Tawi river in Jammu, J&K Union Territory. Water quality data based upon the real-time water monitoring for four locations (Below Tawi Bridge, Bhagwati Nagar, Belicharana and Surajpur) have been obtained from the web link of Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board. The important parameters used in the present study include pH, alkalinity, hardness, conductivity, BOD and COD. The river was designated fit for bathing in all the monitoring locations except Bhagwati Nagar which recorded a BOD value >5 mg/L because of domestic sewage and municipal waste dumping. The overall water quality in the river during lockdown was good and falls in Class B with pH (7.0–8.5), alkalinity (23.25–185.0 mg/L), hardness (84.25–177.5 mg/L), conductivity (117–268 ms/cm). The improved water quality obtained during lockdown is never long-lasting as evident from the BOD and COD values observed during Unlock 1.0 due to accelerated anthropogenic activities in response to overcoming the economic loss, bringing the river water quality back to the degraded state. The statistical analysis known as cluster analysis has also been performed to evaluate the homogeneity of various monitoring sites based on the physicochemical variables. The need of the hour is to address the gaps of rejuvenation strategies and work over them for effective river resiliency and for sustainable river basin management.

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Comprehensive evaluation of water quality status for entire stretch of Yamuna River, India

Cited by 46 publications

References 16 publications

Heavy metal contamination in the complete stretch of Yamuna river: A fuzzy logic approach for comprehensive health risk assessment

Heavy metal contamination in the complete stretch of Yamuna river: A fuzzy logic approach for comprehensive health risk assessment

Physicochemical and biological analysis of river Yamuna at Palla station from 2009 to 2019

Impact assessment on water quality in the polluted stretch using a cluster analysis during pre- and COVID-19 lockdown of Tawi river basin, Jammu, North India: an environment resiliency

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