International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)

Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2016, pp. 539–541 Article ID: IJCIET_07_04_050

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QUALITY OF WATER IN CHANDIGARH

(PANCHKULA AND MOHALI REGION)
Raman deep Singh Bali
Department of Civil Engineering,
Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, India

Puneet Sharma
Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, India

ABSTRACT
As we know among all the natural resources water is one of the most important resource which
cannot be neglected. So it is essential to know the water method for sources time to time for the
calm change. About 97% of the earth’s surface is covered by water and about 60-65% of water is
present in the animal and plant bodies. 2.4% are present on glaciers and polar ice caps. Heavy
metals can be found in industrial waste water are deemed undesirable. Exposure of heavy metals in
environment degrades the ecosystem which harms the inhabitants. In this paper various parameters
have been discussed such as hardness, cadmium, magnesium, chromium, arsenic, iron, calcium,
BOD, COD, TDS, pH, conductivity, and temperature for this review study. In this paper nature of
ground water, surface water of Chandigarh adjacent areas, for example, Parwano, S.A.S. Nagar
(Mohali) have been discussed on the premise of reports accessible online. However, not a lot of
studies have been coordinated to check the water way of this area but on the basis of available
information, it was found that that the water quality in a portion of the spots is underneath the
benchmarks of water quality endorsed by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).Appropriate working of
Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) should be checked also, Industrial waste ought to be
appropriately treated before setting off to the catchment ranges.
Key words: Water Quality, Hardness, River Water Quality, BOD, COD, Sewerage Treatment
Plant
Cite this Article Raman deep Singh Bali and Puneet Sharma, Quality of Water in Chandigarh
(Panchkula And Mohali Region). International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 7(4),
2016, pp.539–541.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Industrialization is viewed as indispensable to the country's financial improvement and in addition to its
political remaining in the worldwide group. While advancement goes for realizing positive change in
human life, uncontrolled utilization of regular assets both in created and creating nations have accidentally
prompted natural debasement, pollution, incurable diseases, poverty, social conflicts. The water quality
due to the introduction of pollutants is a problem of great concern around the world. Drinking water

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require proper requirement to remove the various diseases .Water should be used after the treatment
process. Release of waste effluents to large water bodies has severely affected both water quality and
aquatic life. Industries discharge large amount of heavy metals into the environment without proper
treatment, Moreover these overwhelming metals discover their way into human bodies by means of
nourishment, drinking waste. The amount of substantial metals found in their examination have expressed
with their most extreme permissible limit.
The quantity of heavy metals found in their research have stated with their maximum admissible limit.
The elements having more concentration in drinking water are compared with the limits set by
international organisation such as WHO, Heavy metal sample discussed in this paper are chromium, arsenic,
calcium, iron, magnesium, BOD, COD, TDS, PH and conductivity. The presence of heavy metal leads in
various issues such as health problems.

2. PARWANOO REGION
Parwanoo region is situated in the district Solan of Himachal Pradesh, India having a population of
8,609.In Parwanoo several industries are present such as plastic, chemical and electronic industries. Whole
water is supplied to this region by river Kausalya. Aggarwal R. and Arora S in 2012 checked the water
quality of water in 2012.He collected the various water samples and analysed the various results for the
evaluation of pollution. The physiochemical investigations of water tests were performed utilizing standard
explanatory strategies for the examination of water and wastewater.
S. No Parameter Reading
1 pH 7.33-8.39
2 Electrical Conductivity 238-247
3 Biological Oxygen Demand 0.4-1.0
4 Calcium (Ca), mg/L 30-40
5 Magnesium (Mg), mg/L 13.65-16
6 Dissolved Oxygen (DO), 8.5-8.9
Increase in COD value indicates the increase in pollution and also the PH value was found to be high.
Increase in COD and Hardness reveals that this water is not fit for commercial purpose. So proper
treatment should be done and water should be purified before drinking.

3. SAS NAGAR MOHALI

S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) is a city in Punjab and a business centre point lying neighbouring to Chandigarh
city. The region is limited by Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib District in the south-west, Ropar region in the
northwest, Chandigarh and Panchkula in the east and Ambala area of Haryana state in the south. Area has a
normal populace thickness of 830 occupants square for every kilometre (21,000/sq. mi). The normal yearly
precipitation is recorded at 617 millimetres. The city additionally gets incidental winter downpours from
the west. The Ghaggar waterway and its tributaries structure the regular waste framework in Derabassi
piece of the region. While north-eastern part is depleted by Siswan Nadi, Jainti Devi Ki Rao and Patiala Ki
Rao, which rise up out of the Siwalik Hills.
In this study the analysis of water from Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) from Mohali 7 phase area has
been conducted. From this area different industries discharge water in nearby river called Atawa choe.
From the results concentration of heavy metals were found to be high which indicates that industries are
not working efficiently and need to be efficiently operated.

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Table 1 Shows the results obtained for various tests.

Parameters Initial sample 1 Final sample 1 Initial sample 2 Final sample 2

Iron 0.86mg.l 0 3.01mg/l 0.17mg/l
Magnesium 4.12mg/l 1.46mg/l 5.832mg/l 7.29mg/l
Arsenic 25-75ppb 25-75 100-500ppb 25-75ppb
Calcium 64.9mg/l 60.1mg/l 24.45mg/l 22.044mg/l
Total hardness 185mg/l 156mg/l 140mg/l 140mg/l
Calcium hardness 162mg/l 150mg/l 122mg/l 110mg/l
pH 7.12 7.22 7.01 7.24
TDS 585mg/l 647.3mg/l 774mg/l 517.5mg/l
BOD 11mg/l 13mg/l 15mg/l 13mg/l
COD 63mg/l 61mg/l 70mg/l 66mg/l
Conductivity 780µS/cm 863 µS/cm 1032 µS/cm 690 µS/cm

4. CONCLUSION
From the research papers and new research of the water quality of Mohali and Parwano we came to the
conclusion that the industrial heavy waste water must be treated properly. Time to time testing of treated
water should be done so as to assure that the treated water contains the heavy metals under the prescribed
guidelines of BIS and WHO for drinking and industrial waste water.

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