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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Forestry × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF POTABLE WATER FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES IN BENGALURU
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2010-07-19) SUCHITHRA, K. P.; CHANDRA PRAKASH, J.
    It is well known that the safe drinking water continues to be an important public health issue because its contamination is responsible for the transmission of infectious diseases which causes serious illness and associated mortality worldwide. To the best of our knowledge, very few studies have been conducted to dealing with the quality of drinking water from hotels and other sources of supply. Totally 90 water samples were collected from different categories of hotels like high, medium and low end hotels and other sources like borewell, BWSSB and tankers to analyze physico-chemical, bio-chemical and microbial properties of potable water. In both hotels and sources potable water the pH, EC, TDS, Cl, NO2, NO3, SO4, CO3, HCO3, Ca, Mg, Na, K, Zn were well within desirable and permissible limit of BIS standards. Similarly, the metals like Mn, Cu and heavy metals like Pb, Cd, Cr and Ni were under Below Detectable Limit in all water samples. But the Fl was exceeded the permissible limit in L5, L9, B14 and B15 samples. The PO4 content was exceeded the desirable limit (0.1 mg/l) in all samples. The iron content in most of the HEH, Borewells and tanker waters exceeded the Desirable limit (0.3 mg/l) but well within the permissible limit. In B15 sample, BOD was recorded (7 mg/l) higher than excessive limit. DO was slightly exceeded the permissible limit (6-8 mg/l) in L2, L5, L12, B11 and T8 samples. Similarly the E.coli was higher in M4, C11 and T4 (>10 colonies) samples may be due to contamination from Municipal solid waste, septic tanks, leakage of sewage water, etc. Among hotels, HEH and MEH waters was fit for human consumption whereas in sources most of the tankers water unfit for consumption due to presence of E.coli.