Iron content in water of river Godavari at Nanded and its impact on river ecology.

Natural waters can be very heterogeneous vertically, horizontally and with time. This is not only applicable to man-made pollution, but also can be caused by natural phenomena such as erosion, currents, thermocline and precipitation washout of dust. The total iron content of the river Godavari was investigated thrice in a month during the entire year July-2005 to June-2006. The overall study showed the fluctuations in the iron content more than the permissible limit prescribed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The iron was estimated by spectrophotometric method using thiocyanate method.