Assessment of water quality of Kanwar Lake, Begusarai, Bihar, India

Abstract

All life on earth depends on water, fresh water is a critical, finite, vulnerable, renewable natural resource on the earth and plays as important role in our living environment without it life is impossible. The present investigation has been planned for assessment and monitoring of water quality of Kanwar Lake Begusaria, Bihar. Monthly variation of water quality of Kanwar Lake was investigated during January to June 2017. The variation in physical and chemical parameters like pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, total dissolved solids, alkalinity, chloride, total hardness, calcium hardness, biological oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand and iron were analysed. All parameters except biological oxygen demand and total dissolved solids were found under the permissible limits.