Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of Gambhiri River in Chittorgarh City of Rajasthan

Water is vital to life and the environment but over the past few decades, it has been getting worse and worse due to pollution, climate change, and over-extraction. It’s really important to look at water quality when the main focus is on sustainable development and keeping humanity at the forefront. A study on the physico-chemical parameters of Gambhiri River, Chittorgarh city of Rajasthan was conducted from January 2022 to December 2022. Six sampling sites were selected and the physico-chemical parameters were determined using standard methods and procedures (IS: 3025; APHA: 4500, 1992). The results revealed that the mean of readings of six sites for various physicho-chemical parameters were, like for water temperature it was (27.10 °C), pH (7.70), Total Dissolved Solids (448.69 mg/l), Turbidity (8.69 NTU), Electric Conductivity (832.97µS/cm), Total Hardness (204.17mg/l), Chloride (92.43mg/l), Alkalinity (214.72mg/l), Nitrate (14.43mg/l), Dissolved Oxygen (6.79mg/l), Biological Oxygen Demand (3.57mg/l), Phosphorus (0.09mg/l) and Sulphate (27.71mg/l). The overall result showed that site (S4), i.e., Keer Khera was a more polluted area and the minimum polluted river water area was recorded at the site (S1), i.e., reserve police line among all the studied sites. published by the Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES)