1st International Conference on Environment and

Society (ICES 2019)

Theme of project:
Global and Local Environmental Issues

Author Details:

Name: Mohmmed Talib

Email ID: talibmhmmd@gmail.com

Designation: Student

Organization: Harcourt Butler TechnicalUniversity, Kanpur

City: Kanpur

State:Uttar Pradesh

Country:India

Mobile:7905619173, 8960240527

Co-Author Details:

Name: Dr. Pradeep Kumar

Email ID: pkt2001@rediffmail.com

Designation: Professor and Head, Civil Engineering Department

Organization: Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur.

Assessment of Water Quality Index in Upper Ganga River Basin at Urban

Stretches

Mohmmed Taliba and Pradeep Kumarb

a
Department of Civil Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, UP, India
E-mail: talibmhmmd@gmail.com
b
Department of Civil Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, UP, India
E-mail : pkt2001@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study includes analysis of various water quality parameters and calculates Water Quality
Index (WQI) to have more simpler and rational understanding of water quality.WQI is a
unique tool to understand water quality status in a single term so that appropriate treatment
technique can be adopted accordingly. Monthly data set of physio-chemical parameters, such
as pH, temperature, total hardness, chlorides, alkalinity, DO(Dissolved Oxygen),
BOD(Biochemical Oxygen Demand), COD(Chemical Oxygen Demand), TDS(Total
Dissolved Solids), phosphate and sulphate of water samples was collected at various urban
stretches in upper Ganga basin for a decade. Urban locations chosen in this study are
Rishikesh, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Varanasi. The data was collected for 10 years (2009-2019)
to have better understanding of trend followed by WQI. The method used for the calculation
of WQI is weighted arithmetic water quality index (WAWQI) method in which different
water quality were given different weight according to their relative importance.
It was found that WQI was best for Rishikesh and worst for Kanpur each and every year
(2009 to 2019). The WQI for Prayagraj and Varanasi was approximately same with some sort
of variation in trend. Best WQI observed was 21.8 for Rishikesh in year 2011-2012 and worst
WQI was 91.4 for the year 2015-2016.

Keywords: WQI, Physio-chemical parameters, DO, BOD, COD, TDS, TDS, DS, WAWQI,
Rishikesh, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi.