Vol. 8, Issue 11, Part A (2022)

Pond water is contaminated around Bijuri district Anuppur coalfield area due to mining and industrial activities. The major cause of the contamination of pond water may be due to improper management. The aim of the present study was to assess the pond water quality and also to have a statistical analysis of physicochemical parameters of pond water coalfield area, Bijuri, Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh (India). Four water samples were collected from the various sites located around pond of Bijuri coalfields area during pre-monsoons and post monsoons seasons in the year 2020 and analyzed for physicochemical parameters such as pH, TDS, EC, DO, Fluoride, Chlorides, Nitrate, Sulphate and Lithium. A systematic calculation of the correlation coefficient has also been carried out between different analyzed parameters. The pondwater of the study area is alkaline in nature. EC found above maximum permissible limit prescribed by BIS in the pre-monsoon (478 µS/cm) and post-monsoon (562 µS/cm). From correlation analysis it was observed that very strong correlation four sites between NO3^- and Cl- (0.944), Cl^- and F^- (0.804), NO3^- and EC (0.684), NO3^- and F^- (0.667), during pre-monsoon season and SO4^-2 and pH (0.881), F^- and pH (0.854), SO4^-2 and DO (0.808) during post-monsoon.