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Water pollution examination through quality analysis of different rivers: a case study in India

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Restoration of water quality at rivers is a big problem for water quality managers. This paper analyzes water quality parameters across five years from 2012 to 2016 in a case study of different Indian rivers. Recently, Indian rivers have experienced massive contamination and water quality depletion due to the entry of wastewater from different regions of India. The quality of Indian rivers has not yet reached the mark, after many efforts made by the Government of India. For this report, three major Indian rivers (Beas, Sutlej and Ganga) were considered for the water quality calculation. Temperature, dissolved oxygen (D.O), pH, biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D) and fecal Coliform are the considered criteria for measuring the water quality of the mentioned rivers. Results from the study highlight the water quality of Indian rivers and the current pollution pattern for the river Ganga in 2019, which was not sufficiently discussed before. The level of degradation in water quality of Indian rivers is stated through this study.

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We sincerely acknowledge the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, for providing the data of Beas, Sutlej and Ganga Rivers for the measurement of water quality.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Delhi- NCR Campus, NCR Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi-Meerut Road, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, UP, India

    Rohit Sharma & Devendra Kumar Sharma

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GIET University, Gunupur, 765022, Odisha, India

    Raghvendra Kumar & Brojo Kishore Mishra

  3. Atria Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India

    Manash Sarkar

  4. Center of Visualization and Simulation, Duy Tan University, Duy Tan, Vietnam

    Vikram Puri

  5. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    Ishaani Priyadarshini

  6. VNU Information Technology Institute, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Pham Huy Thong

  7. Department of Geological-Geotechnical Engineering, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Viet Nam

    Phuong Thao Thi Ngo & Viet-Ha Nhu

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Sharma, R., Kumar, R., Sharma, D.K. et al. Water pollution examination through quality analysis of different rivers: a case study in India. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 7471–7492 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01777-3

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