Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol 28, Issue 4, 2022; Page No.(1899-1906)

WATER QUALITY STATUS OF RIVER BETWA USING BENTHIC MACRO-INVERTIBRATES

Alok Saxena, Nisha Upadhyay, Sandhya Mokhale, Sangeeta Shukla, Subhajeet Aich Roy, Saket Mishra and Poonam Dubey

Abstract

Water quality of River Betwa has been assessed by indentify micro-invertibrates. About 45 families of macro zoobenthos of 10 groups (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Odonata, Mollusca, Crustacea, Hemiptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Tricoptera,) were identified during study from the period of April 2017 to March 2019 at 12 sampling sites selected across the river stretch. During the entire Bio- monitoring of river Betwa, in all the three zones namely Bhopal Region, Vidisha Region and Bina/Orchha Region at 12 monitoring sites the quality of water classified at most of the sampling locations are from Class B to C as per BWQC score indicate water quality slight pollution to moderate pollution