Assessment of spatio-temporal variations in lake water body using indexing method
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Assessment of spatio-temporal variations in lake water body using indexing method Prachi Vasistha 1 & Rajiv Ganguly 1 Received: 26 February 2020 / Accepted: 10 July 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The study assesses the characteristics of two lakes located in close vicinity to each other in identifying the status of the lakes based on Designated Best Use (DBU) criteria for optimum utilization and use. Further, the study reports the characteristic assessment of the lakes for two seasons with sampling carried out in August and October months of 2019 and samples collected at different depths and locations to present the comprehensive existing water quality conditions of the lake. The study utilized about twenty parameters evaluated experimentally for determination of Water Quality Indices. In this context, different water quality indices including National Sanitation Foundation Method (NSFWQI) and BIS 10500 (BISWQI) were utilized in determining the indices. The WQI were determined depth wise and a weighted average method was utilized in presenting the overall WQI of the lakes which represents the true water quality based on depth wise evaluation. Hence, the study represents both spatial and temporal variations in the lake water quality. The overall classification of water quality for both the lakes using the NSFWQI methodology was good for both the sampling periods. Similarly, the overall water quality was categorized to be excellent for both the sampling periods using the BISWQI. Further, a new approach in determining water quality indexing is presented through introduction of a Modified Water Quality Index (MWQI) which utilizes the maximum number of parameters and thereby provides a means to reduce ambiguity and eclipsing problems of WQI. Using this newly developed MWQI, the water quality was categorized to be excellent and good for samples collected in August and October respectively for both the lakes. However, conservative estimation considering spillover effects may lead to classification of good category using MWQI. The Heavy Metal Pollution Index (HMI) were classified to be good for both the lakes and sampling periods. Spectral characterization of water samples revealed the presence of oxygen (O), tantalum (Ta), sodium (Na) and Zinc (Zn). However, further monitoring studies are being carried out to cover a period of 1 year to observe if there is a change in water quality due or any seasonal variations. Keywords Designated Best Use (DBU) . Water Quality Assessment (WQA) . Water Quality Index (WQI) . Modified Water Quality Index (MWQI)
Introduction Water is essential for sustenance and ancient civilizations had often been established near the banks of rivers and lakes Responsible editor: Xianliang Yi Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10109-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Rajiv Ganguly [email protected] 1
Department of Civil Eng
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