National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The lack of proper wastewater treatment facility for the wastewater produced in the livestock farms, find their way to contaminate the surface water bodies. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the bacteriological status of livestock farm oriented wastewater in and around Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam. For the present study, five farms were selected Wastewater samples from these livestock farms were analysed to find out bacteriological quality using standard analytical methods. The wastewater samples were collected on a monthly basis for a period of 7 months. The mean coliform count (log cfu/ml) of wastewater samples in March, April, May, June, July, August, and September were 8.98±0.02, 9.02±0.02, 8.98±0.02, 8.95±0.03, 8.94±0.02, 8.88±0.03 and8.94±0.03 respectively. Escherichia coli was found to be present in all the samples. Mean coliform count of the samples ranged from 8.88 log cfu/ml to 9.02 log cfu/ml. Thus, the present study on farm wastewater sources in and around Khanapara indicated that proper wastewater treatment is required in the livestock farms to prevent surface water pollution.
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