Abstract
Water is a unique substance. Its liquid face predominates on the Earth. Water of Kolar reservoir was investigated to assess its water quality status. Study reveals that physico – chemical characteristics of the reservoir water largely varied through change of season, degree of anthropogenic activities in and around ,the composition of runoff in the catchment area. Water samples were collected during winter and summer and analysed for various quality parameters with special reference to heavy metals e.g. Iron and Manganese. A perusual of chemical analysis revealed that Iron and Manganese content are more at station S4 which is a channel water outlet of dam.
Highlights
Conservation of water and its judicious use are absolutely essential if we do not want to face a water famine in the foreseeable future
The reservoir water is mainly used for drinking irrigation and fishing purposes
Mangnese was in the range 0.06 mg/l to 0.40 mg/l in winter and 0.24 mg/l to 0.47 mg/l in summer Mangnese enter in drinking water system from natural geological sources
Summary
Conservation of water and its judicious use are absolutely essential if we do not want to face a water famine in the foreseeable future. S4 which is a channel water outlet of dam. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Water samples were collected from four sampling locations near bank of dam, 500 m from bank of dam, 1000 m from bank of dam and channel water outlet (S1, S2, S3 & S4) respectively, during winter and summer 2006. The results obtained in the study on various physical, chemical parameters are shown in Table –1 & 2.
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