Spectrophotometric Determination of Anionic Detergents In The River Tamsa

Detergents includes some surfactants like LAS (linear alkyl sulphonate), TPBS (Tetra Benzene Sulphonate), ABS (branched chain alkyl benzene sulphonate) etc. LAS is most widely used anionic detergents and it have biodegradable capacity, while ABS like surfactants are resistant to biodegradability. The present study specially aims to study spectrophotometerically the contamination level of water of river Tamsa by the presence of anionic detergents flowing from the heart of Azamgarh city. In the river Tamsa direct wastes like municipal garbage, sewage as well as industr been contaminated by the sewage and other types of wastes. This study revealed that there is gradual increase in the level of anionic detergents as we proceed from January to December