WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF TALADANDA CANAL IN THE COMMAND AREA OF CUTTACK CITY

Abstract

The study was carried out to impose and discover the physico-chemical properties of Taladanda canal in Cuttack city. The sample is collected from five different locations (Jobra anikat, Ranihat, Chhatrabazar, Nuabazar and Kalyan Nagar) Cuttack city of Odisha during the month of January, May and July 2017.The various physico-chemical parameters of the collected water sample like pH, COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), TDS (Total Dissolved Solid), BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand), TH (Total Hardness), Chloride, Nitrate, Sulphates and Fluoride.EC(Electrical Conductivity) was analysed. The physico-chemical parameter like pH is varied between 6.95 to 7.93.The pH of the water was found to be acidic in monsoon season, alkaline in summer and winter season.TH value increases with increase in the value of chloride. The DO value is assorted between 5.3 mg l-1 to 7.06 mg l-1. In winter the DO value will be higher. COD value will be higher than BOD value due to presence of chemically oxidizable matter.EC value will be higher in summer season. These parameter shows the degradation of water quality which gives the various anthropogenic activity like-utilization of agriculture and urban use, industrialization, construction activities due to building construction and Jaika project etc and other development purpose. The another part is from which untreated domestic and swage effluents of different type of solid waste dumped into the Taladanda canal. From time to time different solid waste of statue material is also dumped into the canal Taladanda increasing the pollution level during festival time.