Toxic Effect of Bleached Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents on the River Water and It’s Organism

Abstract

The present study deals with the physicochemical characteristics of river water Aami. A pulp and paper mill namely Rayana Paper Board Industries Ltd Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh, were studied for sample collection and analysis of various pollution parameters. Three sampling sites have been selected for this study. Water of this river has toxic effects on fish Channa punctatus. The 96h LC50 values of these sites are 8.99 % dilution for site 1, 22.96 % dilution for site 2 and 41.15 % dilution for site 3. Fishes were treated with different sublethal doses of water samples, it shown significant alterations in different biochemical and haematological parameters of fish. Key-wordsBiochemistry, Haematological, Pulp and paper mill effluents, Physicochemical characteristics, River Aam