Climatic Variation Water Quality Assessment of Selected Temple Ponds in Kanchipuram

Abstract

Kanchipuram is the holiest city in Tamil Nadu, India. It has more number of Temple ponds, ponds having

water has been selected for the study of climatic variations under physic chemical and biological parameters

of water. The period of the study is pre monsoon march 2019 and post monsoon January 2020. The following

parameters pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids, chlorides, sulphates,

total hardness, calcium, magnesium, ammonical nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphate, total silica and

biological parameter Total coliform count has been considered in the analysis. The results were linked with

ISI-IS: 2296-1982 standards for surface water. The result shown that dissolved oxygen in all seventeen

temple ponds has been greater than the standard limit in both the season. The remaining physico chemical,

biological parameters were within the limit comparing with class B,C,D,E standard. Analysing the results

the temple pond water appropriate in both the climate for bath, swim, fish culture, irrigation, etc. Climatic

variation cannot cause the major changes in the pond water.