An Approach to River Water Quality Management through Correlation Study among Various Water Quality Parameters

Abstract : Water the most vital source for all kinds of life on this planet is also the resource, adversely affected both qualitatively and quantitatively by all kinds of human activities on land, in air or in water. To find an approach to water quality management through correlation studies between various water quality parameters, the statistical regression analysis for eight data points of Gagan river water of different sites at Moradabad was performed. The comparison of estimated values with W.H.O. standards revealed that water of study area is polluted with reference to a number of physico-chemical parameters studied. Regression analysis suggests that conductivity of river water is found to be significantly correlated with ten parameters out of fifteen water quality parameters studied and it is moderately correlated with other four parameters. It may be suggested that the Gagan river water quality at Moradabad can be checked very effectively by controlling the conductivity of water. Present study may be treated one stop forward towards the water quality management.