1Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. E-mail: dprasadbhu@gmail.com
2Associate Professor and Supervisor, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. E-mail: srabani72@gmail.com
Online published on 21 March, 2018.
The rate of environmental degradation has accelerated due to population growth. The process of urbanisation and industrialisation has increased the level of pollutants. The river serves as a major source of domestic water supply of the Jaunpur city, subsequently; the river receives back the untreated domestic wastewater from Jaunpur city directly. While entering the city, the Gomti river water quality is less polluted but gets polluted as it flows through the city. The river ecosystem receives water from their water sheds, marginal run off and domestic sources. This water receives excess amount of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended particles and toxicants. They also get lots of other wastes in the form of garbage, effluents and sewage which affect the water quality and biotic community of aquatic ecosystem. Jaunpur is an ancient city situated on the bank of river Gomti which divide the city of Jaunpur (located between 25°44 to 25°46 North latitude and 82°40 to 82°43 East longitude) in north and south directions. This paper attempts to evaluate the impact of urbanization and its interventions on the water quality of Gomti river, and tries to evaluate the spatio-temporal variation in the level of pollutants in it. Further, an attempt has also been made to suggest suitable remedial measures to control the increasing level of pollution in the Gomti river.
