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PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CHENAB RIVER WATER AT MARALA HEADWORKS

JAVED IQBAL¹, M. WASEEM MUMTAZ², HAMID MUKHTAR³, TAHIR IQBAL¹, SHAHID MAHMOOD¹ AND ABDUL RAZAQ¹

Abstract: The present study describes the environmental profile of the River Chenab at Marala Headworks regarding physico-chemical characterization and particle size distribution. Water samples from the selected stations were collected and analyzed for physico-chemical characteristics. To evaluate pollution status the parameters determined were temperature, pH, colour, TDS, TSS, turbidity, total hardness, Ca-hardness, Mg-hardness, nitrates, ammonia, sulphates, chlorides, fluorides, Fe, Zn, Cu, Pb and Na. The results indicated a wide variation of different parameters among the selected sampling stations.

¹Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

²Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

³Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan