గ్లోబల్ జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ బయాలజీ, అగ్రికల్చర్ & హెల్త్ సైన్సెస్

నైరూప్య

Water Quality Assessment In Terms Of Water Quality Index

Deepa N.Barki, PradeepkumarSinga

Water quality index (WQI) is valuable and unique rating to depict the overall water quality status in a single term that is helpful for the selection of appropriate treatment technique to meet the concerned issues.WQI has been calculated by for five lakes at Haveri town in the pre and post monsoon seasons. WQI depicts the composite influence of different water quality parameters and communicates water quality information to the public and legislative decision makers. The water quality index indicated that most of the lakes come under poor category indicating the non suitability of water for human use. Due to the anthropogenic and agricultural disposal some of the lakes became unfit