STUDY OF SOME HEAVY METALS CONTENT IN MANJARA RIVER AT BILOLI TALUKA IN NANDED DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA

Nitin M. Sahajrao & Rajkumar G. Pawale*
Page No. 86-95

Water is one of the most important constituent of life support system. It is an essential constituent to
all living beings. Rivers are the natural resources of fresh water but it get polluted by natural as
will as human activities. The objective of this research was to investigate the concentration of heavy
metal contamination in Manjara River at Biloli Taluka, district Nanded, Maharashtra state of India
was studied during the period of January 2012 to December 2012. In this study, metals such as Fe,
Zn, Cu and Mn in the river water were determined using UV-VIS Double beam spectrophotometer
with the help of standard procedure and compared with different standards.
Key words: Manjara River water, Permissible limits, Iron, Zinc, Manganese and Copper,
UV-Double Beam Spectrophotometer.