• Ms. Priya P. Singh
• Dr. Surekha M. Gupta

Water contamination is becoming a significant threat to human health. Contamination of lakes and other reservoirs is one of the commonly happening trend in almost all developing nations, especially urban ones, due to demographic expansion coupled with lack of civic amenities. Due to the human neglect and anthropogenic sources like industrialization, urbanization and several human developmental activities, majority of the urban and rural lakes have disappeared and those which could endure this pressure, present non-potable water or are not able to meet human requirements. The present study aimed at evaluation of Lake using physico-chemical parameters. Lakes being a natural rich source of water can be utilized for commercialization by practicing aquaculture. This will in turn can add up to the financial assets of the newly formed Vasai -Virar Municipal Corporation. This area is very well known for the coastal area and for exporting marine catch but a lot of freshwater resources are available, which if made suitable can be used on large scale for carp culture, which is preferred next to marine fishes. In this line, water quality assessment was carried out based on values obtained for factors including pH, temperature, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Free CO2, Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite, Alkalinity, Salinity, Hardness of water in the laboratory using Standard procedures (APHA 1945). Lastly, analysis results were compared with water quality standards such as BIS 10500 (2012). Majority of the parameters had values within the permissible limit set by BIS and WHO.

Anthropogenic, Aquaculture, Industrialization, Physico-Chemical, Water quality.

"WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF THE CHAKRESHWAR LAKE, NALLASOPARA, PALGHAR, USING PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.373-379, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903M47.pdf

"WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF THE CHAKRESHWAR LAKE, NALLASOPARA, PALGHAR, USING PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp373-379, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903M47.pdf