Assessment of River Water Quality and Pollution Status Using Physicochemical and Biometrics, Awetu River, Ethiopia

Table 1

Physicochemical parameters of Awetu river water recorded on each sample site.

P. no	Parameters	Sample sites			S4	S5	S6	Average	WHO
		S1	S2	S3
1	Temp	25.39	26.08	23.87	21.94	22.12	22.29	23.62	55-60
2	pH	9.35	7.3	7.2	7.4	7.5	7.2	7.658	6.5-8.5
3	EC	52.4	85.6	104.2	121.7	122.1	122.5	101.42	750
4	DO	4.64	5.96	6.76	6.13	4.29	2.89	5.11	5.0-7.0
5	BOD	1018	912	729	690	680	678	784.5	2.0-5.0
6	COD	1320	894	862	804	734	758	895.33	—
7	Turb	6.43	6.14	6.46	14.76	8.75	7.9	8.41	5
8	Alkalin	420	356	465	610	238	290	396.5	120
9	TSS	124	136	156	178	189	210	165.5	—
10	Nitrate	2.92	2.27	2.18	2	1.71	1.97	2.175	45
11	ORTOPHOS.	0.021	0.102	0.07	0.085	0.101	0.106	0.081	0.35