Title: Water pollution study of the Shirvane and Nerul lakes situated at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India

Authors: P.U. Singare, S.V. Bhanage, R.S. Lokhande

Addresses: Department of Chemistry, Bhavan's College, Munshi Nagar, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400058, India. ' Department of Chemistry, Vikas College, Vikhroli (West), Mumbai 400073, India. ' Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz, Mumbai 400098, India

Abstract: The areas of study selected in the present investigation are Shirvane and Nerul lakes situated at Nerul which is considered as the queen of Navi Mumbai, the city on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The lake areas receive domestic raw sewage from surrounding habitation; so also the activities like cattle and cloth washing, bathing, religious activities like idol immersion etc. paves the way of harmful chemicals in the lake water. The study was performed to understand physico-chemical parameters and the concentration of heavy metals in lake water. It was found that the concentration of the heavy metals in the lake water substantially increased after the religious activities like idol immersion around September-October. These heavy metals have a marked effect on the aquatic flora and fauna which through bio-magnification enter the food chain and ultimately affect the human beings as well.

Keywords: environmental pollution; heavy metals; toxicity; physico-chemical properties; flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry; flame emission spectrophotometry; India; water pollution; religious activities; health hazards.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2011.038876

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2011 Vol.12 No.1, pp.1 - 11

Published online: 23 Sep 2014 *

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