Water quality assessment of an unusual ritual well in Bangladesh and impact of mass bathing on this quality

A sacred ritual well with continuously discharging of methane gas through its water body was studied for physicochemical and microbiological quality in three seasons and during ritual mass bathing. Most of the physicochemical parameters showed significant seasonal variations (P

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2014-02, Vol.472, p.363-369
Main Authors: Zabed, H., Suely, A., Faruq, G., Sahu, J.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonia
Applied sciences
Assessments
Bangladesh
Bathing
Bathing Beaches - statistics & numerical data
Bathing water quality
Ceremonial Behavior
Colony Count, Microbial
Correlation
Drinking water and swimming-pool water. Desalination
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterococcus - growth & development
Enterococcus - isolation & purification
Environmental Monitoring
Escherichia coli
Exact sciences and technology
Mass bathing
Microbiological indicators
Oxygen demand
Physicochemical parameters
Pollution
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Regression
Ritual well
Staphylococcus aureus
Water Microbiology
Water Pollution - analysis
Water Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Water Quality
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:A sacred ritual well with continuously discharging of methane gas through its water body was studied for physicochemical and microbiological quality in three seasons and during ritual mass bathing. Most of the physicochemical parameters showed significant seasonal variations (P
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.051