Heavy metal polluted lakes were identified from lake bodies in and around Bangalore according to the reports
from KSPCB, 2002 and also various other studies done by Chandrappa and Lokeswari, 2006 on Bellandur
Lake(Ramesh N. and Krishniah S 2014), Varthur lake (Varadarayan et al, 2007) and Hebbal lake (Rajani and
Ramachandra 2000). Water sampling was done according to the procedure mentioned for heavy metal analysis and
estimation of BOD and COD and coliform reduction in contaminated waters. (Olszowy H A, 1998, APHA 2005).