Abstract

The Muttar River is an extremely polluted fresh water source with degrading water quality and flow. The
river has a twelve kilometer length and an average width of fifty meters. According to the industrial
population in its neighbourhood, the river is segmented into three zones of about approximately four
kilometer stretches. Water sample collection was carried out from each zone by choosing certain sampling
points according to the physical accessibility. Thereby, for water quality analysis of the river, several water
quality tests such as turbidity, BOD, COD, MPN, DO and hardness were done and the results in each
season found and plotted graphically with the standard permissible limits.