Water Quality Assessment of Balu River, Dhaka Bangladesh

Most. Nazma Sultana, Md Sahadat Hossain () and Gulshan Ara Latifa
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Most. Nazma Sultana: Graduate Student, Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
Md Sahadat Hossain: Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
Gulshan Ara Latifa: Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh

Water Conservation & Management (WCM), 2019, vol. 3, issue 2, 8-10

Abstract: Rivers of Bangladesh play important role for socio-economic development as well as balancing ecosystem. Unfortunately, Rivers especially in Dhaka city are being significantly polluting by industrial effluents discharge, solid wastes disposal, and connection of urban sewage. These effluents are containing different hazardous chemicals such as chromium, aluminum, sulphur, lead, salts etc. which have been affecting these River water quality severely. This study is aimed to assess the present status of water quality of Balu River in terms of heavy metals contamination. It is found the average pH in the water of Balu River was 7.76 and Electric Conductivity (EC) ranged from 910 to 1082 μS/cm. Besides, the study found the average Fe, Pb, Cd and Cr concentration were 950, 7.6, 0.56, and 200µg/L, respectively which representing the higher than the WHO and Bangladesh standards. Therefore, it is important to manage the Balu river water quality.

Keywords: Balu River; Water Quality; Heavy Metal; Pollution; Dhaka; Bangladesh. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.26480/wcm.02.2019.08.10

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