Yadav S.S. and Kumar Rajesh
Pollution of water bodies is one of the areas of major concern to environmentalists. Water quality is an index of health and well being of a society. Industrialisation, urbanisation and modern agriculture practices have direct impact on water resources. These factors influence the water resources quantitatively and qualitatively. The study area selected were the Kosi river basin of Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Kosi river water is an important source of potable water supply for Rampur city as well as adjointed areas of the district for all purposes. The physico-chemical parameters like temperature, pH, turbidity, total hardness, alkalinity, BOD , COD, chloride, nitrate and phosphate and fluoride content in water of Kosi River were studied to ascertain the drinking and domestic as well as irrigation water supply in Rampur district. In this present study water quality of Kosi River is taken into account and river water is found to be severely polluted with reference to these analyzed parameters.
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