Water Quality Status of River Yamuna Traversing The Himalayan and Upper Segment

Abstract

newline Water, known as the quotelixir of life,quot is required for the survival of all organisms. For their own upkeep and to ensure their continuous existence, all kinds of life need water. This analysis titled quotWATER QUALITY STATUS OF RIVER YAMUNA TRAVERSING THE HIMALAYAN AND UPPER SEGMENT,quot is going to look at the change in quality of water as it flows through various locations in three states: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Water samples were taken from seven different locations along the Yamuna. These locations (along with sampling site codes) are as follows: newlineS-1. Chakrata Road, Dhalipur (Uttarakhand) newlineS-2. Swarg Dham, Near Telephone Exchange, Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) newlineS-3. Bhuppur/Timli Range (Himachal Pradesh) newlineS-4. Bahral (Himachal Pradesh) newlineS-5. Tajewala, Yamuna Nagar (Upper Segment) newlineS-6. Vishwakarma Mohalla, Yamuna Nagar (Upper Segment) newlineS-7. Old Hamida, Yamuna Nagar (Upper Segment) newlineSince the Yamuna is a huge river, waters flow to different locations and there are significant number of industrial and tourist activities around the sampling sites.It became essential to evaluate the quality of river water in these areas. In order to examine the water quality of the Yamuna in Himalayan and Upper Segment, before, during, and after the monsoon seasons(April-June, July-September and October-November) of 2020 and 2021 sample collection was done between 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM as the domestic activities were highest during this time period. It was made sure to useclean containers so that any potentially harmful pollutants into the sample be avoided.All the samples were stored in plastic bottles with screw-on closures that held total of 5 liter. The dip and grab sampling techniques were used to gather the water samples at a depth of around 20 centimeters. After taking the samples, bottles were kept in ice boxes. Bottles were marked with below information: newline Name of the sampling location. newline Reference number. newline Temperature. newline