Study on Water Quality of Hindon River (Tributary of Yamuna River)

Hindon River has become a destination for a dump of untreated industrial and domestic waste that attributes to the deterioration of water quality. In this study, Samples were collected from five sites between Muzaffarnagar and Meerut along the Hindon River during July 2016-June 2017 to evaluate the seasonal variation of water quality. These water samples were analyzed for pH, Electrical conductivity (EC), Dissolved oxygen (DO), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Biological oxygen demand (BOD),Total dissolved solids (TDS), Total suspended solids (TSS), Total hardness (TH), Total Alkalinity (TA), Nitrate (NO3 -), Sulphate (SO4 -2 ), Sodium (Na + ), Calcium (Ca 2+ ) and Magnesium (Mg 2+ ) and the status of water quality was determined by using water quality index (WQI).The results revealed that all physicochemical parameters were beyond the prescribed limit by BIS standard (IS 10500) and the water quality was most deteriorated during pre-monsoon season as compared to monsoon and post-monsoon season. Therefore, based on this study, it can be believed that Hindon river water is not acceptable drinking, fish farming and irrigation activities at all the sampling sites along the Hindon River.