title: Evaluation of pollution load of Lahore Canal by quantification of various pollutants through physicochemical characterisation.
abstract: The work describes the physicochemical analysis of the water samples collected from Lahore Canal to evaluate pollution load at different points of the canal. Different physical and chemical pollutants such as temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved and suspended solids, turbidity, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates, oils and grease, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand and biological oxygen demand (BOD) were analysed. The data was analysed through analysis of variance, which showed that the p values for dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), BOD, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solid (TDS), total suspended solid (TSS), turbidity, oil and grease, sulphates, and nitrates are <0.05, while p value of temperature, pH, and chlorides are 1.000, 0.984, and 0.070, respectively, which are >0.05. Further regression analysis revealed that the simple line regression modal is fit for turbidity and TSS, electrical conductivity and TDS, COD and DO, BOD and DO, and BOD and COD. The studies reveal that Lahore Canal is receiving a considerable amount of physical and chemical pollutants at different points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. Waseem_pk56@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Waseem
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mumtaz
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanif
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: Zahoor
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Sumaira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usman
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010154:Pakistan; D013431:Sulfates / Q000032:analysis; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D013431:Sulfates; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014867:Water; D010100:Oxygen