Water Quality Assessment of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh is situated in the lower part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin, which is one of the most populated countries in the world. The Buriganga river system is located in the southern part of the northcentral region of the country, which passing through west and south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. A total of 96 water samples were collected from eight different points along the river and considered 10 physiochemical parameters such as Temperature, pH,