Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

STUDIES ON WATER QUALITY OF JAGATUNGA SAMUDRA RESERVOIR

C.J. Hiware and B.J. Ugale

Abstract

The water quality parameters of a Jagatunga Samudra reservoir situated at town Kandhar, Dist. Nanded, Maharashtra State have been studied from February 1998 to January I 999.The present paper deals with physicochemical aspects of reservoir waterThe parameters studied were Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Free carbon dioxide, Alkalinity and Chloride. Monthly analysis over the period of one year suggests that the reservoir water is in alkaline range and is good for fish culture.