Assessment of Total Hardness (TH) Rising Towards Danger in Ghaghara River Water at Saran District

Abstract

Due to the presence of unwanted substances in the water of the rivers of India, its quality is getting reduced drastically. The lack of quality in the water of the river is becoming a problem for the aquatic life and human beings. Due to the increase in the total hardness of the river water, agricultural work and industries based on it are also getting affected. The increasing total hardness in the water of the Ghaghara river is affecting the current aquatic life and the work of human interest. This is the reason why we needed to study the total hardness of the Ghaghara river water. The Ghaghara River is one of the important rivers of the country. Based on mythological texts and religious beliefs, it is considered a holy river. The Ghaghara river is known as the Sarayu river in the mythological texts of India. The Ghaghara River flows in the south direction of Chhapra town in Saran district. The water of Ghaghara river from Bhaironpur Nizamat of Doriganj to Bahuara was studied. It is between 25.7293691 North Latitude and 84.8284750 East Longitude to 25.8897213 North Latitude and 84.4919165 East Longitude. Pre-monsoon and post-monsoon water samples were studied from several major locations and their total hardness and other parameters were checked. The total hardness of water samples found to vary in the range of 164.0 ppm to 192.0 ppm with an average of 179.11 ppm and median value of 180.0 ppm in pre-monsoon and the range of 76.0 ppm to 124.0 ppm with average value of 90.58 ppm and median of 88.0 ppm in post-monsoon. After examining the water sample, the data of the results obtained was studied, it was founded that the total hardness of river water was very high before monsoon but its total hardness is very less after monsoon. The average total hardness in pre-monsoon water was 179.11 ppm but its post-monsoon average total hardness only 90.5 ppm. This result proves that 86.69% increase in total hardness of water obtained by nature is due to other reasons. According to the Indian Constitution, it is the duty of all of us to protect the natural resources. It is expected from the state and central government that there is a need to manage the water of Ghaghara river through scientific methods to check the increasing total hardness.