Sushil
Kumar Singh1, Manish Kumar Kanth2*, Dhirendra Kumar3,
Rishikesh Raj4, Abhijeet Kashyap4, Pranav Kumar Jha4,
Ashutosh Anand4, Kumari Puja4, Suman Kumari4,
Yusuf Ali4, Ram Shiv Lokesh4, Shivam Kumar4
1Head,
Dept. of Biotechnology, A. N. College, Patna, India
2Faculty,
Dept. of Biotechnology, A. N. College, Patna, India
3Research
Scholar, Dept. of Biotechnology, A. N. College, Patna, Bihar, India
4Student, Dept. of Biotechnology, A. N. College, Patna, India
*Address for Correspondence: Mr. Manish
Kumar Kanth, Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, A. N.
College, Patna, Bihar- 800013, India
ABSTRACT- This study is an attempt to analyze the water
quality of river Ganga in Patna district. Water samples were collected from 16
different Ghats during March-May 2017. Due to heavy discharge of municipal
waste and anthropogenic activities in the river the biological, chemical and
physical characteristics of water have changed to a considerable extent. The
objectives of this study were to find out the changes in physicochemical nature
as well as biological health of river Ganga. Samples were analyzed on various
physicochemical parameter i.e. Total Hardness, pH, B.O.D., and D.O. by using
the standard methods and procedures. The result
shown that the average pH -7.95,
average, D.O.-2.91 mg/L, average B.O.D. -2.41 mg/L, average total hardness -114.72
mg/L. Microbial analysis was also conducted in terms of Most Probable Number
[MPN] of total coliforms in the water sample and it shown the highest value for
all samples. The presence and absence of the gas bubble in each tube were used
to calculate an index known as the Most Probable Number.
Key-words- Ganga, Patna, Physicochemical,
Microbial, Coliforms, MPN, D.O., B.O.D., Hardness, pH
