Nepal: water bodies in Everest region contaminated, survey

Contamination in water bodies in the Sagarmatha National Park and its Buffer Zone (SNPBZ) has accelerated in recent years, thanks to the influx of visitors and the increase in human waste, stated a recent survey carried out in the Everest region.

The survey sponsored by the Hindukush Karakoram Himalaya Partnership Project — EvK2 National Research Council of Italy in coordination with the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology was carried out in 2007-08. The survey on ‘Impacts of Tourism in the SNPBZ’ was carried out by Prof Dr. PK Jha (pkjhaprof [at] gmail.com), in cooperation with researchers NP Ghimire and BB Shrestha of the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University. According to the research, bacterial contamination was recorded in 13 percent [of] water samples and one sample of mineral water.

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