Study on seasonal variations of dissolved nutrients and its impact on eutrophication in Sambhar lake

摘要

Water is not only essential for drinking, but also needed for agriculture and industrial use. Present study wascarried out for water quality of samples collected from different sites in the Lake periphery as well as in the catchment areas.Samples were collected from different locations of Sambhar Lake city and its adjoining area for their physico-chemical studies.The standard methods of APHA were used to analysis samples. The analytical results show Phosphate-phosphorus variesbetween 0.27 to 1.91 mg/L during the course of study whereas ammonia-nitrogenrecorded during the present investigationsranged between 0.013 to 0.141 mg. Seasonal fluctuations in silica content of the water bodies under study showed a range of0.216 – 1.310 mg/L with maximum values during June, 2018 and minimum during February, 2019.