Assessment of Water Pollution in Lakes of JABALPUR

Water is vital for life"". Life owes its existence and obtains its sustenance from water, since the beginning, civilizations witnessed growth along rivers and lakes, establishing the significance of water as a driving force in the process of development. Thereby judicious management of water and saving water bodies becomes prime agenda and responsibility for all. Madhya Pradesh is endowed with abundant water resources but due to improper management coupled with excessive exploitation most of the water bodies are severely stressed and depleting. In time to come, water demand and supply gap will grow wider, leading to bigger equity issues in socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability. This paper covers the complete statistical information of the existing water bodies / lakes in Jabalpur along with water quality of some of these lakes and causes of their degradation. This study is helpful to environmental planning and pollution control measures applicable to the area KEYWARDS: Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), pH, Nitrate, Orthophosphate, Ecosystem; Socio-economic.