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Quality of Surface Water at the Savar and Its Adjacent Areas
Rejuan Hossain Bhuiyan, Md. Sofi Ullah, Md. Kamal Hossain
Abstract

Savar and its adjacent low-lying areas are Savar pourashava and Tetuljhora union. All these surface areas are vulnerable to pollution from disposal of solid waste, untreated industrial effluents and municipal wastewater, runoff from various chemical, fertilizer and pesticides. The present study has been conducted to evaluate the important physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters and scenarios of the Savar and its adjacent areas through a field survey during dry season in 2006. The investigation results have been compared with the Bangladesh and WHO standard for surface water. The parameters namely pH, Dissolve Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolve Oxygen (TDS), Electrical Conductivity (EC), Nitrate-Nitrogen (NO3_N), Phosphate (PO4), Ammonia-Nitrogen (NH3-N), Salinity, Chloride, Nacl, Iron, Cadmium, Magnesium and Arsenic were tested in this research. The test results indicate that all the surface water of these areas are highly polluted. The important surface water quality, when compare with the earlier values, indicate that the degree of pollution of these areas are gradually increasing with time. So, this paper focuses on the study and analysis of important surface water quality of the mentioned areas.

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