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The river has often been referred to as the ‘Sorrow of Orissa’. The inhabitedinner basin Chattisgarh plain suffered frequent droughts whereas the fertile deltaicarea has been wrecked by repeated floods.The basin area of the Mahanadi has a large number of industrial complexes in theOrissa portion of the basin the major industries are paper. textiles and thermalpower plants at Choudwar, fertiliser and breweries at Paradeep, Sugar industriesof Nayagarh, Badamba, Cement industry at Bargarh, paper industry ofBrajrajnagar, coal mining areas of Rampur and lb valley, and an aluminiumsmelter at Hirakud.Most of these industries are located on the banks of the river Mahanadi or itstributaries and distributaries, which are used to carry the industrial effluents andwastewater from these industries. From the point of view of significantenvironmental impacts, the important medium scale industries are the chemical,textile, paper, cement, and leather tanning which consume large quantities ofwater.Iron and steel industry at Bhilai, cement industries at Durg and Raipur, textileindustry of Rajnandagaon, aluminium and thermal power plants at Korba are themajor polluting industries in the State of M.P that falls in the river basin. Allthese major units are located on the riverbanks of Seonath, Kharoon and Hasdeo.The medium scale industries include chemical and distilleries of Durg, cementindustries of Raipur, Iron and steel of Urla, paper industries of Bilaspur and manyother agro based industries.All the industries are discharging their wastewater either directly or indirectly toriver Mahanadi as well as its tributaries. The vast mineral and human resourcesof the basin besides power generation infrastructure has resulted in a growth of alarge variety of industries. The industries using the river bodies as the ultimatesink need to establish effluent treatment plants so that the designated best use ofthe river is sustained.The basin area of Mahanadi is covering the States of Chhattisgarh, MadhyaPradesh, Orissa and Jharkhand. The important urban centres in these States areRajnandgaon, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur, Dhamtari, Raigarh,Rajharajharandalli in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. And Cuttack, Puri,Sambalpur, Jatani, Balangir, Bargarh, Bhawanipatna, Brajarajnagar andJharsuguda in Orissa.11.2 Water Quality Monitoring in Mahanadi BasinThe State Pollution Control Boards of Chhatissgarh and Orissa at 48 locations aredoing the water quality monitoring of the River Mahanadi and its severaltributaries in the basin. The ranges of water quality observed in River Mahanadiand its tributary streams viz. Seonath, Kharoon, Hasdeo, Kelo, Ib, Kuakhai, Daya,Kathajodi, Sankha, Tel and Birupa with respect to Temperature, pH, DO,94

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