A STUDY ON THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KOTITIRTH LAKE WATER IN KOLHAPUR CITY, MS, INDIA

Smita R. Jadhav, Akshay R. Thorvat, Shrikant M. Bhosale

Abstract: In the present work lake water samples are collected from four different stations of Kotitirth lake in Kolhapur city and water quality assessment is carried out from September 2016 to February 2017 on weekly basis in order to assess the environmental impact of disposal of domestic, industrial, household and religious waste into the lake . Then water quality index (WQI) study is carried out to assess the environmental impact on the water quality of the Kotitirth lake and to arrive at the level of pollution. From the study it is observed that station-1, 2, 3 & 4 are excessively polluted and are totally unfit for drinking purpose. This is mainly due to regular addition of domestic sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes that are let into the lake and it may lead to excessive pollution.

Keywords: Coefficient of variation, physico-chemical, water quality index.

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.15623/ijret.2017.0610004