Seasonal Variations and Assessment of Water Quality of Nagchoon pond of Khandwa District (M.P.) India

Abstract

Water is basic unit of life for all living organisms at this planet. Water is essential for drinking, domestic, irrigation and industries purposes. The Khandwa District is including in hot climatic region suffering from water crises whole year especially in summer season. The sources of potable water are limited in comparison to population of Khandwa. The important source of potable water is Nagchoon pond. In recent time a steady deterioration in the quality of fresh water resources is following the wake up of population explosion, consequent urbanization and rapid industrial development, cultural exploitation. Physico-chemical parameters have been studied fromJuly2008 to june2010.the results showed that the chloride, nitrate, phosphate exceeding permissible limit so water body inclined towards eutrophication. Therefore, the Conservation and management of this water body is very much required.