Pollution Status of River Hindon from Ghaziabad to Noida with Special Reference to Heavy Metals
| Author(s) | : | Mukesh Ruhela, Rakesh Bhutiani, Faheem Ahamad |
| Institution | : | Limnology and Ecological Modeling Laboratory Department of Zoology and Environmental Science Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 8 — August 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 540-548 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The objective of the present study is to investigate the current status of heavy metal pollution in RiverHindon, from Ghaziabad to Noida stretch. The concentrations of Nickel, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Iron,Manganese, and Zinc in water samples have been studied during January 2013 to December 2014. The overallmean concentration of heavy metals was observed in the following order Fe > Mn> Zn > Ni > Cr > Cu > Cd. Cuand Zinc was found below the standards of WHO and CPCB. The iron was found in maximum concentration andCd was found in minimum concentration. The average values of all the heavy metals were found as Fe(11.27±3.50), Mn (4.00±1.26), Ni (0.63±0.17), Cr (0.16±0.07), Cu (0.15±0.07), and Cd (0.08±0.07). Based onheavy metal pollution analysis we concluded that our study area as a whole is critically polluted with heavy metalsunder study due to pollutant load from various anthropogenic activities. One way ANOVA shows statisticallysignificant differences in the levels of all the studied heavy metals between different sites. Games Howell post hoctest shows that there are statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in the levels of all the studied heavy metalsbetween Hindon barrage, Indrapuram, Vishnu Nagar and Dadri Road.
Mukesh Ruhela, Rakesh Bhutiani, Faheem Ahamad, “Pollution Status of River Hindon from Ghaziabad to Noida with Special Reference to Heavy Metals”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 8, pp. 540-548, August 2017.
