A water quality assessment of Arpa River under Bilaspur-Arpa basin area, of Chhattisgarh state

Abstract

ABSTRACT Assessment and management of river water resources are essential to sustain life on the earth. Wetlands are the richest habitats sharing the large population of the existing living organisms. The river is a vital protection habitat due to rich biodiversity. The abundance, richness, diversity of various organisms are frequently used as an indicator for determining physicochemical and biological properties of the river as a wetland habitat. Therefore, the river basin areas should be evaluated for suitability for household, agricultural and industrial use. Untreated discharge of water in the river causes many problems not only for aquatic but also for human beings. So, the seasonal water pollution is a highly demandable subject and requires the water quality index. In the present study, the river water samples were collected from the selected twenty locations of the Arpa River to observe the physicochemical investigations such as temperature, pH, Dissolve Oxygen, Biological Oxygen Demand, Total Dissolved Solids, phosphate, and nitrate per the standard protocol. The present study depicted that water quality of the Arpa River was not suitable for human consumption. The Arpa River needs continuous monitoring because it is filled with the garbage and other waste material and encroached by the local people for fishing, bathing, and may anthropogenic activities, etc. The findings of the present work may help for the physicochemical investigation of new researchers and governing bodies for the sustainable supervision and protection of river water resources in the Arpa River basin.