13-Study of physico-chemical parameters of Killa Lake water of Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Abstract

The present study has been undertaken to evaluate Physico-chemical parameters. Water samples were collected from Killa Lake, Belgaum at two places and analyzed. The results reveal that the lake water is polluted due to the entry of sewage. The lake has an area of 66 acres of land and 43 acres of the land is water spread. Catchment's area is of 2.27 sq.km and the command area is of 573 acres. The district authorities have taken measures to rehabilitate the lake by cleaning it up with the help of MoEF, New Delhi, City Corporation Belgaum, Dept of Tourism and Urban Development Authority and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Belgaum, during the year 2005, under the National Lake Conservation Programme. Since then the lake's aesthetic beauty has been enhanced. In this project, they have desilted the basin of the lake and bypassed all the city sewage entering into the lake through underground drainage. They have taken measures to see that only storm water enters into the lake. They have stopped public usage of water for washing of clothes, cattle and vehicles. In addition to this, the border of the lake has been fenced and a good garden has been brought up all along the border of the road. With these developments, it has been found that the physico-chemical parameter of the lake has improved.