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Water quality status of Chorgaon Lake near Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.
Authors: Jambhule SH, and Telkhad, PM
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India is blessed with natural resources of rivers, lakes, estuaries, and ponds. Lakes are naturally formed depressions filled with water and sometimes man made by construction of bunds across the depression and are used for irrigation, fishery development and recreation. The present paper deals with the monthly variation of physicochemical characteristics of Chorgaon Lake is free from human activities, it is surrounded by a dense forest. The lake water is utilized for only wild life drinking. The studies were carried out for twelve months. Water quality assessment conducted in the Chorgaon Lake between February 2014 and January 2015. The main aim of study is to find out the water quality status of the lake. The main aim of study is to find out the water quality status of the lake. The parameters conducted were Temp., pH, Conductivity, Transparency, Hardness, Ca- hardness, Mg- hardness, TSS, TS, TDS, Dissolved Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, COD, BOD, Phosphate, Sulphate and Nitrate. The present study concluded that lake water is free from pollution, all the physico-chemical parameters were within the permissible limit.