Impairment of Water Quality of Phuleli Canal, Sindh Pakistan: A Review
Journal Title: Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology - Year 2017, Vol 36, Issue 3
Abstract
Supply of quality water has been recognized as one of the water management practices. Clean water is not only essential for drinking and irrigation but also affects eco-services, groundwater aquifer and soil conditions. Hyderabad, a highly populated city of Pakistan is consuming large quantities of water and also disposing its untreated sewage and comingled solid waste in Phuleli canal. Similarly, many encroachments along the banks of Phuleli canal are directly impairing the water quality due to disposal of wastewater and other rejected materials. This canal irrigates Tando Muhammad Khan as well as some areas of district Badin. A review of many studies revealed that maximum of physio-chemical and biological parameters especially fecal Coliform (between 100-1600 MPN/100ml) and metal ions (Fe 1.90, Cd 0.004, Cr 0.082, Pb 0.045 and As 0.50 mg/l against WHO (World Health Organization) standards) were exceeding the prescribed permissible limits.This contaminated water is deteriorating the water quality and threatening the public health. Due to inadequate measures and apathy from responsible departments, water quality is being compromised especially during winter season, when low flows are released from Kotri Barrage, Kotri, Sindh. Without positive interventions and adherence of integrated approach, it is hard to ensure public health and sustainability of the canal system and agriculture depending upon this.
Authors and Affiliations
Muhammad Wajid Ijaz, Rasool Bux Mahar, Ghulam Shabir Solangi, Sallahuddin Panhwar, Abdul Khalique Ansari
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP207625
- DOI 10.22581/muet1982.1703.23
- Views 125
- Downloads 0
A Digital Diary: Remembering the Past Using the Present Context
Lifelog devices have gained much attention in recent past. These devices are capable of recording daily activities of a user such as visited places, calories burnt, heart rate, etc. However, reminiscing the past life fro...
Knowledge Upload Service Using Semantic Based Categorization
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is one of the hot keywords in Computer Science research and development these days. Applications of AI are very diverse that include but not limited to image recognition, voice recognition, i...
A Comprehensive Literature Review of Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass for Syngas Production and Associated Challenge
The interest in the thermochemical conversion of biomass for producer gas production since last decade has increased because of the growing attention to the application of sustainable energy resources. Application of bio...
Experimental Investigation of Cutting Parameters Effects on the Surface Roughness and Tools Wear during the Drilling of Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials
Optimization of the drilling parameters of the composite material is the key objective of this research, enhancing the surface roughness and minimizing the tool wear. In contrary to the other research, optimizing the mac...
Analysis of Caustic Soda of Different Manufacturers in Pakistan for Mercerization of Cotton Textiles
Pakistan has sufficient production capacity of caustic soda to cater the needs of the local industry. Presently, Pakistan has four major plants with production capacity around 435,000 mega ton per year of caustic soda of...