Water quality improvement after shifting of idol immersion site: A case study of Upper Lake, Bhopal, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 437-443

  Vyas, Anju ^a   Bajpai, Avinash ^b   Verma, Neelam ^c  

^a Govt Geetanjali Girls PG College   (India)

^b Makhanlal Chaturvedi University   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Heavy metals; Idol immersion; Religious practices; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY MINERALS; DETERIORATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAKES; PLASTER; ROPE; SYNTHETIC METALS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

IDOL IMMERSION; RELIGIOUS PRACTICES; WATER BODIES;

POTABLE WATER;

CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PAINT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; RELIGION; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; LAKE; RELIGION; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OXYGEN; WATER;

ASIA; BHOPAL; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 51749097101     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0052-1     Document Type: Article

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