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1. A Tale of Two Rivers: Can the Restoration Lessons of River Thames (Southern UK) Be Transferred to River Hindon (Northern India)?

Author:
Vasker Sharma; Himanshu Joshi; Michael J. Bowes
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2021 v.232 no.5 pp. 212
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
air; ammonium; ammonium nitrogen; analysis of variance; base flow; basins; biochemical oxygen demand; dissolved oxygen; dry season; ecosystems; industrial wastewater; phosphorus; population density; rivers; sewage; sewage treatment; soil pollution; temporal variation; water; water quality; watersheds; India
Abstract:
... This study identifies the basin scale factors and potential remedies to restore the severely polluted Hindon River in India, by comparing with another basin with high population density: the River Thames in the UK. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the Thames River are usually around 8 mg/l and 7.5 mg/l respectively, while phosphorus and ammonium range between 0.1–0.6 mg ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-021-05152-w

2. A comparative assessment of the status of Surajkund and Rani Pond, Aurangabad, Bihar, India using overall Index of Pollution and Water Quality Index

Author:
Dina Nath Pandit; Rachna Kumari; Surendra Kumar Shitanshu
Source:
Acta ecologica Sinica 2020 pp. -
ISSN:
1872-2032
Subject:
alkalinity; anthropogenic activities; biochemical oxygen demand; chlorides; electrical conductivity; fluorides; issues and policy; nitrates; oxygen; pH; sewage; summer; water temperature; India
Abstract:
... The Water Quality Index is one of the most effective tools to communicate information on the quality of water to the people. An attempt was made to assess the annual and seasonal status of Surajkund and Rani Pond, Aurangabad, Bihar, India using the overall Index of Pollution and Water Quality Index from November 2017 to October 2019. The values of eleven parameters namely water temperature, pH, el ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chnaes.2020.11.009

3. A critical review on sludge management from onsite sanitation systems: A knowledge to be revised in the current situation

Author:
N. Chandana; Bakul Rao
Source:
Environmental research 2022 v.203 pp. 111812
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
biochemical oxygen demand; chemical oxygen demand; electrical conductivity; excreta; human development; humans; management systems; pH; research; sanitation; sludge; soil pollution; transportation; India
Abstract:
... Access to safe excreta disposal is a basic human right and an essential element of human development. Developing countries (like India) have constructed millions of toilets with on-site sanitation technologies (OSTs). However, these OSTs lack the required management system for collection, transportation and disposal of Faecal Sludge (FS, sludge getting accumulated in OST), leading to considerable ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2021.111812

4. A pilot study on water pollution and characterization of multidrug-resistant superbugs from Byramangala tank, Ramanagara district, Karnataka, India

Author:
Sinosh Skariyachan; Priyanka Lokesh; Reshma Rao; Arushi Umesh Kumar; Kiran S. Vasist; Rajeswari Narayanappa
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2013 v.185 no.7 pp. 5483-5495
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Enterobacter; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella; Salmonella; Shigella; Staphylococcus; antibiotic resistance; biochemical oxygen demand; cefixime; cefoperazone; chloramphenicol; coliform bacteria; methicillin; multiple drug resistance; oxacillin; piperacillin; plate count; rifampicin; surface water; tanks; tetracycline; trimethoprim; wastewater; water pollution; India
Abstract:
... Urbanization and industrialization has increased the strength and qualities of municipal sewage in Bangalore, India. The disposal of sewage into natural water bodies became a serious issue. Byramangala reservoir is one such habitat enormously polluted in South India. The water samples were collected from four hotspots of Byramangala tank in 3 months. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and bacteri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-012-2961-x
PubMed:
23114918

5. A soil biotechnology system for wastewater treatment: technical, hygiene, environmental LCA and economic aspects

Author:
Sheetal Jaisingh Kamble; Yogita Chakravarthy; Anju Singh; Caroline Chubilleau; Markus Starkl; Itee Bawa
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2017 v.24 no.15 pp. 13315-13334
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
ammonium nitrogen; biochemical oxygen demand; biotechnology; chemical oxygen demand; electric energy consumption; energy; environmental impact; hygiene; life cycle impact assessment; nitrates; nitrites; phosphates; recycling; sanitation; sludge; soil; sustainable engineering; wastewater treatment; India
Abstract:
... Soil biotechnology (SBT) is a green engineering approach for wastewater treatment and recycling. Five SBT units located in the Mumbai region were under consideration of which holistic assessment of two SBT plants was carried out considering its technical, environmental and economic aspects and was compared with published research of other three. LCA has been done to evaluate the environmental impa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-8819-6

6. A spatio‐temporal water quality assessment of the Beas and Sutlej Rivers at the Harike Wetland: A Ramsar site in Punjab, India

Author:
Gh Nabi Najar; Akanksha Bhardwaj; Puneeta Pandey
Source:
Lakes & reservoirs 2017 v.22 no.4 pp. 364-376
ISSN:
1320-5331
Subject:
biochemical oxygen demand; correlation; dissolved oxygen; ecosystems; electrical conductivity; lakes; nitrates; oxygen; pH; phosphates; river water; rivers; salinity; temperature; temporal variation; turbidity; water quality; water storage; wetlands; India
Abstract:
... Lakes play a vital role in regulating water storage, flow of river water, and ultimately maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Spatial and temporal variations in physicochemical parameters of water in Harike Wetland, a Ramsar site in the northwestern state of Punjab, India, were studied. This study was conducted on a monthly basis from January to December 2015. The water quality was studied at ten loc ...
DOI:
10.1111/lre.12193

7. An innovative technique for lake management with reference to aeration unit installed at lower lake, Bhopal, India

Author:
Dixit, Savita; Verma, Neelam; Tiwari, Suchi; Mishra, D. D.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2007 v.124 no.1-3 pp. 33-37
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
aeration; agricultural wastes; biochemical oxygen demand; chemical oxygen demand; dissolved oxygen; humans; industrial wastes; lakes; nitrates; pH; phosphates; sewage; surface water; water management; water quality; India
Abstract:
... Water is key element in human life. All forms of life upon the earth depend upon water for their mere existence. Life & water may be aptly said to be two facets of the same coin. Most of the water bodies are getting polluted due to domestic waste, sewage, industrial waste and agricultural effluent. The present study is designed to ascertain the effectiveness of artificial aeration cum Ozonizer uni ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-006-9206-9

8. Anaerobic and aerobic sewage treatment plants in Northern India: Two years intensive evaluation and perspectives

Author:
Mohd. Najibul Hasan; Abid Ali Khan; Sirajuddin Ahmad; Beni Lew
Source:
Environmental technology & innovation 2019 v.15 pp. 100396
ISSN:
2352-1864
Subject:
aeration; ammonium nitrogen; biochemical oxygen demand; chemical oxygen demand; cities; climate change; forests; ponds; sewage treatment; sludge; surface water; upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor; water reuse; India
Abstract:
... The present study investigates the long term treatment performance of seven different sewage treatment plants located in different cities of north India for over a period of two years; two treatment technologies based on intensive aerobic processes — sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and moving bed bio-film reactor (MBBR) and; three combination of Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB) reactor followed ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eti.2019.100396

9. Anaerobic treatment of wastewater of industrial belt of Baddi (solan) using Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor (UASBR)

Author:
S. Sharma; S. Somvanshi; A. K. Mittal
Source:
International journal of environmental sciences 2012 v.3 no.3 pp. 1150-1154
ISSN:
0976-4402
Subject:
anaerobic treatment; biochemical oxygen demand; biodegradation; carbon dioxide; chemical oxygen demand; cow manure; industrial wastewater; industrial wastewater treatment; methane; methane production; organic matter; sludge; upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor; volatile fatty acids; India
Abstract:
... Anaerobic treatment is widely used around the world as a biological stage in both domestic and industrial wastewater-treatment plants. The degradation process of organic matter is more effective compared to conventional aerobic processes and produces less sludge, hence reduces the cost associated with sludge disposal. Among anaerobic technologies, the most popular ones is the upflow anaerobic slud ...
DOI:
10.6088/ijes.2012030133022

10. Analysis of sugar mill effluent and its influence on germination and growth of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.)

Author:
Thanapal Vaithiyanathan; Perumal Sundaramoorthy
Source:
Applied water science 2017 v.7 no.8 pp. 4715-4723
ISSN:
2190-5487
Subject:
Tagetes erecta; acidity; biochemical oxygen demand; chemical oxygen demand; copper; iron; irrigation; lead; magnesium; manganese; nitrogen; oils; phytotoxicity; pollution control; seed germination; seedlings; sugar industry; sugars; sulfates; surface water; vigor; zinc; India
Abstract:
... Sugar industry is a very important agro-based industry in India and it discharges large amount of effluent into water bodies to create high pollution in water bodies which affects the plants and other living organisms. In the present investigation, the physico-chemical analyses of N. P. K. R. Ramaswamy co-operative sugar mill effluent was determined and impact of different concentrations (control, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13201-017-0634-1

11. Analysis of water quality using physico-chemical parameters in lower manair reservoir of Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh

Author:
Medudhula Thirupathaiah; Ch. Samatha; Chintha Sammaiah
Source:
International journal of environmental sciences 2012 v.3 no.1 pp. 172-180
ISSN:
0976-4402
Subject:
biochemical oxygen demand; chlorides; fish culture; irrigation; nitrates; oxygen; pH; phosphates; total dissolved solids; turbidity; water; water analysis; water hardness; water temperature; India
Abstract:
... This study was aimed to estimate current status of physico-chemical characteristic of Lower Manair Reservoir at Karimnagar District, Andhra Pradesh. Monthly changes in physico- chemical parameters such as water temperature, pH, turbidity, transparency, total dissolved solids, total hardness, chlorides, phosphate, nitrates, dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand were analyzed for a period of ...
DOI:
10.6088/ijes.2012030131017

12. Applicability and efficacy of diatom indices in water quality evaluation of the Chambal River in Central India

Author:
Prateek Srivastava; Sarika Grover; Jyoti Verma; Ambrina Sardar Khan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2017 v.24 no.33 pp. 25955-25976
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Achnanthidium; Nitzschia; biochemical oxygen demand; chemical oxygen demand; environmental factors; environmental monitoring; lotic systems; nutrients; phosphates; rivers; streams; water quality; India
Abstract:
... Diatom indices have gained considerable popularity in estimation of the trophic state and degree of pollution in lotic ecosystems. However, their applicability and efficacy have rarely been tested in Indian streams and rivers. In the present study, benthic diatom assemblages were sampled at 27 sites along the Chambal River in Central India. PCA revealed three groups of sites, namely, heavily pollu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0166-0

13. Application of factor and cluster analysis for characterization of river and estuarine water systems - A case study: Mahanadi River (India)

Author:
Panda, U.C.; Sundaray, S.K.; Rath, P.; Nayak, B.B.; Bhatta, D.
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2006 v.331 no.3-4 pp. 434-445
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
water pollution; rivers; water quality; nitrogen; total suspended solids; cluster analysis; hydrology; pH; eutrophication; nutrients; dissolved oxygen; biochemical oxygen demand; estuaries; phosphorus; India
Abstract:
... In order to establish the natural and anthropogenic processes and factors responsible for enrichment of hydrological features, R-mode factor analysis and cluster analysis are applied for three different sets of data i.e. total, fresh and saline influenced stations in Mahanadi river systems. The results of R-mode factor analyses reveal that anthropogenic contribution of nutrients is responsible for ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.05.029

14. Application of multivariate statistical techniques in hydrogeochemical studies—a case study: Brahmani-Koel River (India)

Author:
Sundaray, Sanjay Kumar
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2010 v.164 no.1-4 pp. 297-310
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; biochemical oxygen demand; case studies; chemical oxygen demand; chromium; cluster analysis; cobalt; copper; data collection; factor analysis; heavy metals; iron; manganese; metal ions; nickel; river water; rivers; water quality; zinc; India
Abstract:
... This study presents the usefulness of multivariate statistical techniques, such as correlation matrix, cluster analysis, and factor analysis, for the evaluation and interpretation of complex water quality data sets of Brahmani-Koel river along the Rourkela Industrial Complex, India, and the apportionment of pollution sources/factors. The correlation study suggests that dissolved heavy metals, bioc ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-009-0893-x
PubMed:
19396558

15. Application of rural slaughterhouse waste as an organic fertilizer for pot cultivation of solanaceous vegetables in India

Author:
Malancha Roy; Sukalpa Karmakar; Anupam Debsarcar; Pradip K Sen; Joydeep Mukherjee
Source:
International journal of recycling of organics waste in agriculture 2013 v.2 no.1 pp. 6
ISSN:
2195-3228
Subject:
Azotobacter; Capsicum annuum; Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum; Solanum melongena; bacteria; biochemical oxygen demand; blood; carbohydrates; chemical oxygen demand; chlorophyll; crops; diammonium phosphate; digesta; drying; eggplants; fruiting; fungi; mature plants; nitrogen; nitrogen content; oils; organic fertilizers; phosphorus; planting; pot culture; potassium; rumen; slaughterhouse wastes; slaughterhouses; soil; sustainable agriculture; tomatoes; total suspended solids; toxicity; India
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The lack of electricity and water supply in rural abattoirs in developing nations prevents the adoption of waste-processing technologies practiced in economically advanced countries. This research attempts to recycle waste blood and rumen digesta generated in rural slaughterhouses as organic fertilizer, thus promoting sustainable agriculture. RESULTS: The values of 5-day biochemical ox ...
DOI:
10.1186/2251-7715-2-6

16. Applications of correlation and regression analysis in assessing lentic water quality: a case study at Brahmsarovar Kurukshetra, India

Author:
Anita Bhatnagar; Pooja Devi
Source:
International journal of environmental sciences 2012 v.3 no.2 pp. 813-820
ISSN:
0976-4402
Subject:
alkalinity; ammonia; biochemical oxygen demand; calcium; carbon dioxide; case studies; correlation; dissolved oxygen; equations; habitats; hardness; lentic systems; magnesium; mass; oxygen; pH; phosphates; phytoplankton; population; prediction; regression analysis; sampling; species diversity; temperature; validity; water; water quality; zooplankton; India
Abstract:
... The present study was conducted to determine the levels of water quality indicators and to study statistical interrelationships amongst them. An attempt has also been made to establish regression equations to provide a prediction of water quality prior to detailed investigation. The studies were conducted at the “Brahmsarovar” an important religious water tank at Kurukshetra in India, where mass b ...
DOI:
10.6088/ijes.2012030132008

17. Appraisal of water quality in the Lakes of Nainital District through numerical indices and multivariate statistics, India

Author:
Hitesh Dalakoti; Saurabh Mishra; Mohit Chaudhary; S.K. Singal
Source:
International journal of river basin management 2018 v.16 no.2 pp. 219-229
ISSN:
1814-2060
Subject:
biochemical oxygen demand; drinking; freshwater; heavy metals; industry; lakes; multivariate analysis; risk assessment; surface water; wastewater; water quality; India
Abstract:
... Nainital district is naturally gifted with numbers of natural water bodies. Among these water bodies, the four lakes (Nainital, Bhimtal, Naukuchiatal and Sattal) are the major source of freshwater for the local inhabitants and industries situated in surrounding area. However, the lakes receive an enormous amount of untreated wastewater which imbalances the nutrients concentration in lake water. Th ...
DOI:
10.1080/15715124.2017.1394316

18. Assessing the impact of anthropogenic activities on spatio-temporal variation of water quality in Anchar lake, Kashmir Himalayas

Author:
Salim Aijaz Bhat; Gowhar Meraj; Sayar Yaseen; Ab. Rashid Bhat; Ashok K. Pandit
Source:
International journal of environmental sciences 2013 v.3 no.5 pp. 1625-1640
ISSN:
0976-4402
Subject:
alkalinity; anthropogenic activities; biochemical oxygen demand; calcium; chlorides; correlation; dissolved carbon dioxide; dissolved oxygen; lakes; magnesium; nitrates; pH; phosphates; total dissolved solids; water; water hardness; Himalayan region; India
Abstract:
... In the present study, various physico-chemical parameters of water were assessed over a period of six months (from February, 2012 to July, 2012) on monthly basis at six study sites in Anchar lake of Kashmir valley. The correlation matrix and dendrogram of physicochemical factors have been computed and analyzed. The positive co-relation coefficient was observed between, free carbon dioxide and calc ...
DOI:
10.6088/ijes.2013030500032

19. Assessing the potentials of Lemna minor in the treatment of domestic wastewater at pilot scale

Author:
Anima Priya; Kirti Avishek; Gopal Pathak
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2012 v.184 no.7 pp. 4301-4307
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Lemna minor; Spirodela; Wolffia; biochemical oxygen demand; free-floating plants; freshwater; organic wastes; orthophosphates; pH; phytoremediation; wastewater; wastewater treatment; India
Abstract:
... Water crisis is one of the most serious problems faced by the world today. Phytoremediation is one of the serious efforts towards sustainability. Macrophyte-based wastewater treatment systems have several potential advantages compared with conventional treatment systems. Duckweeds (Lemna spp., Spirodela spp., Wolffia spp.) are small, green freshwater, free-floating aquatic plants. The primary obje ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-011-2265-6
PubMed:
21823047

20. Assessment and spatial distribution of groundwater quality in industrial areas of Ghaziabad, India

Author:
Savita Kumari; Anil Kumar Singh; Ashok Kumar Verma; N. P. S. Yaduvanshi
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2014 v.186 no.1 pp. 501-514
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
water pollution; chemical elements; water quality; wells; total dissolved solids; spatial distribution; total suspended solids; turbidity; groundwater; chemical oxygen demand; environmental assessment; dissolved oxygen; biochemical oxygen demand; India
Abstract:
... An attempt has been made in this study to evaluate the groundwater quality in two industrial blocks of Ghaziabad district. Groundwater samples were collected from shallow wells, deep wells and hand pumps of two heavily industrialized blocks, namely Bulandshahar road industrial area and Meerut road industrial area in Ghaziabad district for assessing their suitability for various uses. Samples were ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-013-3393-y
PubMed:
23996647