An Investigation into Urban Water Quality

Urbanization such as population growth, industrial development, solid waste, and households lead to different behaviors of water quality parameters in nature. By increasing urban growth, both surface and ground water quality are contaminated in different ways. To investigate the water quality situation, different impacts due to population growth, land use change, industrial expansion and projected solid waste condition were considered for the Savar Pourashava. Due to urbanization, there are massive impacts on localities such as population growth, land use change, more solid waste generation, drainage networks etc. The river has become a dumping ground for all kinds of solids, liquids and chemical wastes by industry. As a result the quality of the water is being deteriorated day by day. The quality of water is degrading in a large scale. Now the DO of canal, pond, drain fall water and tube well water are 2.3, 0.2, 0.1 and 3.4 respectively. With the analysis of the problems, it provided innovative insight and recommendation in order to reduce the existing problems as well as guidelines for future urban development and to ensure a safe and better water quality in in Savar Pourashava.

Autorentext

Mohammad Mizanur Rahman is a planer, completed both of his BURP and MURP (Masters of Urban and Regional Planning)degrees from Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka,Bangladesh.Now he is working as a Town Planner in Manikganj Pourashava/Municipality.His areas of interest are Urban Planning and Disaster Management.