International Science Community Association Research Journal of Chemical Sciences 2231 - 606X 1 3 2011 June 18 Evaluation of Water Quality of Narmada river with reference to Physco- chemical Parameters at Hoshangabad city, M.P., India 40 48 EN PatruduT.B. K.V. 1 Depertment of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad campus, College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, INDIA K.V Raju 2 Department of Engineering Chemistry, Andhra University, College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, INDIA Ekpete O.A. 1 Dept. of Chemistry, Rivers State University of Education, Port Harcourt P.M.B 5047, Port Harcourt, NIGERIA HorsfallM. JNR 2 Dept. of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Uniport, Choba, Port Harcourt, NIGERIA Ghosh Pranab 1 Natural Product and Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Das Tapan 2 Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, INDIA Das Moumita 3 JassimAla’a Abdulrazaq 1 Chemical Engineering Department, Engineering College, University of Basrah, IRAQ Zainol NoorAinee 1 School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, MALAYSIA Aziz HamidiAbdul 2 nYusoff MohdSuffia 3 Muhammad Umar 4 Sharma Shraddha 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P., INDIA Vishwakarma Rakesh 2 Department of Applied Chemistry, Swami Vivekanand College of Science and Technology, Bhopal, M.P., INDIA Dixit Savita 3 Department of Applied Chemistry, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P., INDIA Jain Praveen 4 Centre of IT & Basic Sciences, Madhya Pradesh, Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal, M.P., INDIA > Research Paper 2011 4 26 2011 June 18 River Narmada is one of the 13 prominent rivers of India, which covers 98,797 sq km of total water-shed area. Narmada is considered to be the lifeline and west flowing river of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The monitoring of water quality of Narmada River was carried out for one year 2007. Four sampling stations were selected at downstream of Hoshangabad city. The water samples collected were analyzed, as per standard methods parameters such as pH, EC, Turbidity were measured in-situ. Raised values of physico-chemical parameters indicate the pollution of riverine ecosystem due to domestic wastes, municipal sewage, industrial effluent from Security Paper Mill (SPM) and agricultural run-off that influence the water quality directly or indirectly. Statistical analysis carried out through correlation method and also evaluates Average values (AV), Standard Deviation (SD), Standard Variance (SV), Standard Error (SE) and 95% Confidence Limit (CL) to assess the pollution load assessment. The results revealed that most of the water samples were below or out of limited; according to the WHO, BIS standards. Copyright@ International Science Community Association