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A study on water quality monitoring of Buddha Nullah, Ludhiana, Punjab (India)

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Diverse genotoxic agents, entering the aquatic environment through natural and anthropogenic events, pose serious threats to its biotic components. The present study involves the monitoring of water quality by assessing the genotoxic effects and physico-chemical parameters including heavy metals of 10 surface water samples collected from different locations of Buddha Nullah, a tributary of Sutlej flowing through Ludhiana, Punjab (India). Genotoxicity was evaluated following Allium cepa root chromosomal aberration assay and DNA nicking assay using plasmid (pBR322) whilst the metal (cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, nickel and zinc) analysis was conducted using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All water samples collected from the study area had cobalt and lead content more than the permissible limits (0.04 and 0.01, respectively) recommended by the Bureau of Indian Standards and the World Health Organization. The samples also induced genotoxicity following both bioassays. The water samples collected from Gaunspur (GP), a site approx. 75.53 km upstream of the Sutlej-Buddha Nullah joining point, has shown the maximum genotoxic effect, i.e. 38.62% in terms of per cent total aberrant cells during A. cepa assay and 100% DNA damage during DNA nicking assay. The Pearson correlation indicated that genotoxicity had a significant positive correlation with the content of cobalt (at p ≤ 0.5). During cluster analysis, the samples from 10 sites formed four statistically significant clusters based on the level of pollution that was dependent on two factors like similarity in physico-chemical characteristics and source of pollution at a specific site.

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The authors acknowledge University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi for providing financial assistance under UPE, CPEPA programs, DST-PURSE and Head, Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences and Central facility, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for laboratory facilities.

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    Varinder Kaur

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    Yogesh B. Pakade

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Kaur, J., Kaur, V., Pakade, Y.B. et al. A study on water quality monitoring of Buddha Nullah, Ludhiana, Punjab (India). Environ Geochem Health 43, 2699–2722 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00719-8

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