eng Science and Education Publishing Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2328-3920 2021-11-17 9 11 976 982 10.12691/aees-9-11-9 AEES20219119 article Gopal ji Kushwaha gopalbot@gmail.com 1 Shivendra Mohan Pandey 1 Pradip Kumar 2 Department of Botany, Shivharsh Kisan. P.G. College, Basti, (U.P.), India Department of Geography, Shivharsh Kisan. P.G. College, Basti, (U.P.), India Kuwano river is one of the important rivers flowing through the Basti District, (U.P.), India. Recently, district witnessed rapid urbanization and industrialization, in catchment of river, leading to pressure on surface water quality. The present study aimed to find out the effect of seasonal changes on physico-chemical characteristics of river Kuwano water. The seventeen parameters i.e., pH, TDS, EC, DO, BOD, COD, Total Hardness, Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Phosphate total, Ca, Mg, Fe, E. Coli, Fecal Coliform and Total Coliform, were included in the study. The higher microbial presence in river water is a health concern. The study reveals that river water quality affected seasonally and is only suitable for bathing and irrigation purpose. http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/9/11/9/aees-9-11-9.pdf Kuwano River seasonal variation inorganic nitrogen microbial parameter water quality