Water Quality of Periyar And Muvattupuzha Rivers in Ernakulam District

Abstract

Water, a substance made from the chemical elements hydrogen and newlineoxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. It is one of the newlinemost plentiful and essential of compound present in the planet. A tasteless newlineand odourless liquid at room temperature, water has the important ability newlineto dissolve many other substances which gives it predominance among newlineother compounds. Demand of water and use of water is growing more newlinethan twice the growth rate of population and the demand for water will newlineexceed the availability of water in future. Water is at the centre of newlineeconomic and social development; it is vital to maintain health, grow newlinefood, generate energy, manage the environment, and create jobs. Water newlineavailability and management determine whether poor people are newlineeducated, whether cities are healthy places to live, and whether suitable newlinefor growing industries or poor villages can withstand the impacts of newlinefloods or droughts. Quality of water is also important and a major factor newlinedeciding these aspects. Eventhough precautions are adopted at various newlinelevels, there is tremendous increase in both microbial and chemical water newlineborne diseases in various parts of the world. Therefore, studies regarding newlinewater are always relevant and noticed. newline This study is about the riverine chemistry of Periyar and Muvattupuzha. newlineIt aims at identification of water quality so as to evolve better management of newlinethe available water in the Periyar and Muvattupuzha Rivers. newline