educational Paper from the yr 2014 within the topic Environmental Sciences, grade: 8.5, Indian Institute of know-how Roorkee (IIT ROORKEE), direction: M.Tech, language: English, summary: River Hindon is an important resource of water to the hugely populated and predominantly rural inhabitants of western Uttar Pradesh, India. River Hindon originates within the decrease Himalayas in Saharanpur district (UP, Uttar Pradesh) and flows 260 km via six districts together with Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautambudh Nagar till its confluence with the Yamuna. the most assets, which create pollutants within the river, contain municipal wastes of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad districts and commercial effluents of sugar, pulp and paper distilleries and different miscellaneous industries via tributaries in addition to direct outfalls. In non-monsoon months the river is totally dry from its foundation as much as Saharanpur city. the most water caliber parameters which were used to evaluate the standard of Hindon river are pH, BOD, COD, DO, TDS, TSS electric Conductivity, overall Hardness, Nitrate, Phosphates, Chlorides, Sulphates and Faecal Coliform. those information are received by way of gathering water and wastewater samples in the course of pre- and post-monsoon seasons in the course of month of January and April 2013 and are switched over with nationwide Sanitation origin Water caliber Index to accomplish at a unmarried worth defining the water caliber at chosen destinations. the outcome exhibits that the water caliber of river isn't sturdy. The water of river Hindon isn't appropriate for any use.