ESTIMATION OF METALS IN GODAVARI RIVER WATER BY ICP - MS DURING MAHA PUSKARAM IN EAST AND WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Water quality plays an important role in different house hold and industrial activities. The quality of water is an essential requirement to the human health and life.the present investigation samples were collected pilgrim river water ie. Day one to day twelve in the year of 2015 over 5 crores pilgrims have attended the pushkarams in Rajahmundry and Pattiseema east and west Goda vari distict in Andhra Pradesh. The collected samples were brought to the laboratory to determining ICP - MS. The present study includes the analysis 14 metal concentrations like Beryllium (Be), Boron (B), Aluminium (Al), Antimony (Sb), Manganese (Mn), Molyb denum (Mo), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Indium (In), Tin (Sn), Barium (Ba), Thallium (Tl) and Silver (Ag) by using (ICP - MS) in the selected samples. The minimum and maximum concentration levels of these 14 metals are summarized and discussed in the results and discussion and the concentrations of these 14 metal levels in the study area were compared with drinking water quality standards given by the Indian Standards (IS : 10500)