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Rapid integrated water quality evaluation of Mahisagar river using benthic macroinvertebrates

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The water quality of Mahisagar river, near Galteshwar in Kheda district of Gujarat, India, was assessed through a rapid integrated technique by physicochemical parameters as well as benthic macroinvertebrates. Physicochemical parameters retrieved were pH, color, conductivity, total solids, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, chlorides, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, alkalinity, turbidity, ammoniacal nitrogen, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, sulfates, and nitrates. The biological indices calculated were BMWP (Bio Monitoring Working Party) score or saprobic score and sequential comparison index or diversity score. In total, 37 families were encountered along the studied river stretch. The findings indicate that the water quality of Mahisagar river at sampled locations is “slightly polluted.” Moreover, the results of physicochemical analysis are also in consonance with the biological water quality criteria developed by Central Pollution Control Board.

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  1. Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, India

    M. H. Bhadrecha

  2. Department of Forest and Environment, Gujarat Environment Management Institute, Office of the Director, 3rd Floor, Block no. 13, Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Old Sachivalaya, Sector 10, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India

    Nitasha Khatri & Sanjiv Tyagi

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Bhadrecha, M.H., Khatri, N. & Tyagi, S. Rapid integrated water quality evaluation of Mahisagar river using benthic macroinvertebrates. Environ Monit Assess 188, 254 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5256-9

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