River Health Assessment of Paisuni River, Chitrakoot

Authors

  • Swati Tripathi 4Dept. of Rural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India
  • Ravikant Shrivastava 4Dept. of Rural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India
  • S.K. Tripathi Dept. of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India
  • K.P. Mishra Dept. of Rural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India
  • S.S. Gautam Dept. of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India
  • Shilpi Tripathi Dept. of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi ChitrakootGramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P., 485334, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrcs.v12i2.197

Keywords:

River Health Index, River Health Condition, Pictorial representation, Circumscribed pentagon

Abstract

River health refers to the overall condition of a river ecosystem, encompassing its physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. The health of a river can be influenced by various factors such as water quality, flow regime, habitat condition and the presence of pollutants or invasive species. It is concluded that all three seasons the Algal group scores at all sites are in Stressed range (except Sati Anusuiya which are in excellent condition). Increase in biotic scores improves RHI. Higher RHI indicates a better river health condition. At Ram Ghat large amounts of sewage is added to river Paisuni. Decreased DO & increase in BOD & FC reduces OEB Group Score, which decreases sensitive biotic species and there is increase in pollution resistant species. Pollution resistant species decrease biotic indices score which lowers RHI value, indicating deteriorating RHC.

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2025-04-30

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S. Tripathi, R. Shrivastava, S. Tripathi, K. Mishra, S. Gautam, and S. Tripathi, “River Health Assessment of Paisuni River, Chitrakoot”, Int. J. Sci. Res. Chem. Sci., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 7–20, Apr. 2025.

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