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To assess the water quality of river Ganga at foot hills of Garhwal Himalaya five sampling station have been selected in a long stretch of 125 Km from Devprayag to Roorkee. The investigation was carried out for a one year (2010-2011). In the present study of river Ganga its physio-chemical characteristicsviz temperature, turbidity, conductivity, total solid, BOD, COD, DO, Alkalinity, Acidity, Hardness, Chloride were done. A minor difference in all the physico-chemical parameters were observed in all the sampling station studied during the course of study.

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Khanna, D. R., Bhutiani, R., Matta, G., Singh, V., & Bhadauriya, G. (2011). Physico-chemical property of River Ganga at foot hills of Garhwal Himalayas. Environment Conservation Journal, 12(3), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2011.120329
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