Abstract:
Sursagar Lake is the largest and oldest lake in the city of Vadodara, unarguably charming in its earlier years.
During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, locals immerse the idol of Lord Ganesha in the lake over a period of
ten days causing almost irrevocable harm in the form of pollution to the lake. This paper focuses on the quality
of water determined by experimental methods before and during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi (August 2015).
It also discusses plausible methods for improving the water quality of the lake. Water samples were collected in
order to analyze chemical parameters (COD, DO, pH and TDS) and the results were compared with the
respective regulatory values. A high level of variation of TDS was observed in the lake, post the celebrations as
a result of aforementioned idol immersion.
Description:
International Journal of Advance research in Science and Engineering, Vol 5, Issue no 03, March 2016, P. 188-193
