FACTORS AND IMPACTS OF WATER POLLUTION: ISSUES AND CONCERN OF GODAVARI RIVER

The Godavari River is a major waterway in central part of the India, its originated from Western Ghats Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik District Of Maharashtra and flowing eastward across the Deccan Plateau through the state of Maharashtra. It is known as dakshin ganga (Southern Ganges). In the last two decades urbanization takes place very rapidly in Nashik Municipal Corporation area. All the set of residential, agricultural and MIDC, source of water is Godavari River. Holistic Godavari River flows mid of town and gets polluted due to sewage, industrial and other wastewaters are directly discharge in the river. This paper is based on secondary data to examine causes and water quality of Godavari River at Nasik city area in three source point. Table, graph are used for Representation of data.