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CHAPTER XIVWater Quality of Rivers in Godavari Basin14.1 Godavari River SystemThe Godavari basin extends over an area of 3, 12,812 sq km which is nearly 10percent of the total geographical area of the country. The basin lies in the Deccanplateau, and covers large areas in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, in addition to smaller areas in Karnataka andOrissa.The Satmala Hills, the Ajanta Range and the Mahadeo Hills, on the south and eastby the Eastern Ghats and on the west by the Western Ghats, bound the Godavaribasin on the north. The Godavari is the largest river of the Peninsular India,inspite of its massive catchment area; the discharge is not very impressive becauseof moderate annual average rainfall in the basin. Its four important tributaries arethe Manjira, the Pranhita, the Indravati and the Sabari. The wastewater generationfrom domestic (both rural and urban) and the industrial sector are the mainsources of pollution in the river basin. Amongst the five states Orissa State is leastindustrialized followed by Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, with Maharashtra havingthe high urban industrial pockets. Most of the industrial activities are centredmainly at Aurangabad & Nasik in Maharashtra, East & West Godavari District inAndhra Pradesh. Sugar and distillery units are large in number in Maharashtrafollowed by pharmaceuticals, leather, pulp and paper and pesticide units. InAndhra Pradesh sugar and distillery units are large in number followed by Pulp &Paper and fertilizer industries. The above-mentioned industries are massive waterconsuming by nature and the deterioration in water quality in the river cannot beruled out particularly from Nashik to Nanded in Maharashtra and at Baster inChhattisgarh and Burgampahad in Andhra Pradesh.The important urban centers in this basin are Nagpur, Ambejogai, Ballarpur,Bhandara, Buldhana, Chalisgaon, Hinganghat, Hingoli, Manmad NandurbarOsmandabad Parli Pusad Shrirampur Udgir Latur Kamptee Ahmadnagar ParbhaniAurangabad Wardha Bid Nashik Chandrapur Jalna Nanded Yavatmal, Amalnerand Gondiya in Maharashtra; Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh, Chiklikalan Parasia,Chindwara Seoni Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajahmundry NizamabadRamagundam Eluru Warangal Khammam Kothagudem Karimnagar BhimavaramKakinada Adilabad, Bellampalle Bodhan Jagtial Kagaznagar MancherialMandamarri Narsapur Nirmal Palacole Palwancha Sangareddy Siddipet SiricillaTadepalligudem and Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh; Bidar in Karnataka and Jeypur inOrissa.111

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