Water quality indices: Challenges and application limits in the literature

M Kachroud, F Trolard, M Kefi, S Jebari, G Bourrié - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since Horton in 1965, many authors have sought to aggregate different variables
characterizing the state of water into a single value called Water Quality Index (WQI). This …

Using a water quality index to assess the water quality of the upper and middle streams of the Luanhe River, northern China

Y Tian, Y Jiang, Q Liu, M Dong, D Xu, Y Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The water diversion project from the Luanhe River to Tianjin city has been a “lifeline” for the
economic and social development of Tianjin city since the 1980s. The water quality of this …

A systematic review of heavy metals of anthropogenic origin in environmental media and biota in the context of gold mining in Ghana

FA Armah, R Quansah… - … scholarly research notices, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal accumulation in the food chain is an issue of global concern because it
eventually leads to toxic effects on humans through the water we drink, contaminated soils …

Development of a water quality index (WQI) for the Loktak Lake in India

R Das Kangabam, SD Bhoominathan, S Kanagaraj… - Applied Water …, 2017 - Springer
The present work was carried out to assess a water quality index (WQI) of the Loktak Lake,
an important wetland which has been under pressure due to the increasing anthropogenic …

Water quality indices: challenges and applications—an overview

R Rana, R Ganguly - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Water quality index (WQI) is one of the most important and valuable tool used for assessing
the overall water quality as it presents the final form in a single value. The concept and …

Spatial water quality assessment of Langat River Basin (Malaysia) using environmetric techniques

H Juahir, SM Zain, MK Yusoff, TIT Hanidza… - Environmental …, 2011 - Springer
This study investigates the spatial water quality pattern of seven stations located along the
main Langat River. Environmetric methods, namely, the hierarchical agglomerative cluster …

[HTML][HTML] Application of water quality index for assessment of Dokan lake ecosystem, Kurdistan region, Iraq

A Abdul Hameed M Jawad, A Haider S… - Journal of Water …, 2010 - scirp.org
Water Quality Index (WQI) was applied in Dokan Lake, Kurdistan region, Iraq using ten water
quality parameters (pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Conductivity, Hardness, Alkalinity …

Prediction of the level of air pollution using principal component analysis and artificial neural network techniques: A case study in Malaysia

A Azid, H Juahir, ME Toriman, MKA Kamarudin… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2014 - Springer
This study focused on the pattern recognition of Malaysian air quality based on the data
obtained from the Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE). Eight air quality parameters …

Comparison of self-organizing maps classification approach with cluster and principal components analysis for large environmental data sets

A Astel, S Tsakovski, P Barbieri, V Simeonov - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
Three classification techniques (loading and score projections based on principal
components analysis (PCA), cluster analysis (CA) and self-organizing maps (SOM)) were …

Application of chemometrics in river water classification

T Kowalkowski, R Zbytniewski, J Szpejna, B Buszewski - Water research, 2006 - Elsevier
The main aim of this work is focused on water quality classification of the Brda river (Poland)
and evaluation of pollution data obtained by the monitoring measurement during the period …