Musi River Water Quality and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Hyderabad

Water and sediment samples from the Musi River in Hyderabad, India, collected during the 2022 wet season and 2023 dry season. The dataset includes standard water quality parameters, bacterial counts, and concentrations of 7 antibiotic resistance genes. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad gathered the data to study pollution sources and antimicrobial resistance fate.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between standard water quality parameters like chemical oxygen demand, pH, and dissolved oxygen with concentrations of antibiotic resistance genes.
• Model the spatial distribution of resistant bacteria and Escherichia coli counts across upstream, city, and downstream sampling sites.
• Compare the prevalence of 7 specific antibiotic resistance genes and a mobile genetic element gene between wet and dry season samples.
• Investigate the relationship between land use (residential, hospital, factory, agriculture) indicated by sampling site location and levels of total dissolved solids or bacterial counts.

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct seasonal periods (2022 wet season, 2023 dry season) enabling temporal comparison.
• Includes multiple data types: physicochemical parameters, bacterial culture counts, and qPCR gene concentrations.
• Sampling strategy contrasts upstream, urban, and downstream sites to analyze pollution gradients.

Limitations

• Sample size is limited to specific grab samples from selected sites in two seasons.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single river catchment in Hyderabad, India.
• Unknown row count and specific measurement frequency per site.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre, sourced from researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

Collection Method

Water and sediment grab samples collected from chosen sites, analyzed for standard parameters, bacterial counts, and qPCR.

Time Range

2022 to 2023

Freshness

Data covers 2022-2023; metadata was last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Musi River, Hyderabad, India, including upstream, city, and downstream sites.