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Life Science Research and Sustainable Development ISBN: 978-98-84663-33-9

Heavy Metals in Godavari River Water Samples: An Analytical

Study

Mayur P. Davne & Vidya Pradhan

Dr. Rafiq Zakaria College for Women Navkhanda, Jublee Park,
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Email id: mayurdavne29@gmail.com

Keywords: Abstract:
Heavy Metals, Out of the 105 total elements discovered so far, the number of heavy
Metal metals in the Godavari River is close to 65. The concentrations of
Contamination, metals vary from location to location. Compared to marine water
Water resources, fresh water resources are scarce. These fresh water sources
Analysis. are becoming more and more contaminated as a result of several
natural disasters and human activities, and the amount of heavy
metals in them is rising steadily. It is currently the top worldwide
concern for both the human race and the underwater environment.
These sources mostly contain Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, and Zn, among other
elements. The sequence of the heavy metal concentrations in the
sample water taken from the Godavari River is Ni>Pb>Cd>Zn>Cr.
Controlling these natural and artificial activities that raise the content
of heavy metals in river waters is now very necessary.

INTRODUCTION
Water resources are becoming more and more contaminated as a result of extensive human
activity. Our drinking water supplies are mostly impacted by pollution and high metal levels.
Water resources include a variety of dangerous contaminants, many of which are
pharmacologically active and some of which are either carcinogenic or mutagenic [1, 2]. The
Bureau of Indian Standards' acceptable limits for one or more heavy metals were exceeded in
samples gathered from two-thirds of the water quality sites spanning India's main rivers [3]. The
results are included in a report, the third iteration of an exercise the Central Water Commission
(CWC) carried out between May 2014 and April 2018. In some cases, it is impossible to completely
eliminate metals in drinking water, however some metals are necessary for health in tiny levels.
They are connected to a number of illnesses though when present over safe levels [4, 5]. Everyone
is concerned about the problem of the ever-growing threat of water pollution because of
contemporary technology, industry, and civilization. The problem of water contamination by
trace metals is now widely acknowledged to be vital all over the world, especially in a developing
country like India. Very hazardous chemicals are present in industrial effluents that contribute to
aquatic pollution [6, 7].
Liquid waste of both organic and inorganic form that is released indiscriminately alters the
physio-chemical properties of water and poses a threat to both aquatic ecosystems and critical
members of the human food chain. As a result, the current study aims to analyse some of the
significant heavy metal concentrations of the Godavari river water, including those of iron (Fe),
copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and fluoride (F).

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