Impact of industrial effluents on buringanga river and its tributaries

Authors

  • Shahrear Ahmad Department of Botany, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
  • Md Eunus Mia Department of Botany, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
  • Md Jannatul Hasan Jihad Department of Botany, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
  • Sharmin Afroz Department of Botany, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Moniruzzaman Department of Botany, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh
  • Badhan Saha Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v53i3.76279

Keywords:

Buriganga river, Contamination, Water quality, Industrial effluents, Heavy metals

Abstract

Many rivers throughout Bangladesh are now under threat due to both human-made and natural causes. In this context, we describe the Buriganga river system, its uses of the river, its level of pollution, and its sources of pollution. The present condition of the Buriganga water and its surrounding areas soils and plants might not be suitable for fisheries and irrigation; it has been observed that sampling points of 9,10,11 were highly polluted, with sampling point 7 with the highest water pH value (7.19), in sampling point 11 EC  value was found (799 μS/cm) with other physicochemical parameters and Fe, Cd, Cr and  Zn content in plant and soil samples were comparatively high at sampling point 9 and 11. In the studied area, the correlation coefficient of heavy metal content among soil and water, the Cr concentration (0.0289mg/l), was highly significant; it has been indicated that heavy metals were uptake by soil.

Bangladesh J. Bot. 53(3): 589-596, 2024 (September)

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2024-09-29

How to Cite

Ahmad, S., Mia, M. E., Jihad, M. J. H., Afroz, S., Moniruzzaman, M., & Saha, B. (2024). Impact of industrial effluents on buringanga river and its tributaries. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 53(3), 589–596. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v53i3.76279

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Vol. 53 No. 3 (2024)

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