• Sanjeeb Kumar Das
• Padmini Bisoyi
• Sidhanta Sekhar Bisoi

Community ponds like temple and other ponds have immense importance in Indian villages and towns as these are used for collection of drinking water, bathing, washing of clothes, utensils and cattles, religious works and irrigation. Although analysis of water quality and pollution load in Indian rivers and lakes have been made widely (Trivedy 1989), much attention has not been to the analysis of water quality and pollution load of community pond. Water Quality and pollution load of three community ponds of Bhubaneswar city were monitored for 2 years. The Ponds exhibited a BOD/COD ratio of > 3 every month and water quality index calculated from thirteen physio-chemical and one biological taken together varied from 168-870 indicating level of nutrient load and pollution in the ponds. During the course of Investigation, 24 taxa were isolated belongs to two major group of Algae, class Chlorophyceae (8) and Bacillariophyceae(16). The water is unsafe for human use. Appropriate recommendations have been made.

Community Ponds, Water Quality Index, Water Pollution, Phytoplankton)

"WATER QUALITY AND PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF SOME COMMUNITY PONDS OF BHUBANESWAR CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.695-708, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807246.pdf

"WATER QUALITY AND PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF SOME COMMUNITY PONDS OF BHUBANESWAR CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp695-708, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807246.pdf