A critical review on the application of the National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index

R Noori, R Berndtsson, M Hosseinzadeh… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies have employed the National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index
(NSFWQI) with non-original rather than originally defined parameters of the model …

A holistic review on the assessment of groundwater quality using multivariate statistical techniques

PS Patel, DM Pandya, M Shah - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Water is an essential element in nature. It is used in drinking, irrigation, and industry mainly.
Human health is directly linked to groundwater quality and is affected by poor groundwater …

Evaluation of water quality in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China using the water quality index (WQI) method

X Nong, D Shao, H Zhong, J Liang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The world's longest trans-basin water diversion project, the Middle-Route (MR) of the South-
to-North Water Diversion Project of China (SNWDPC), has officially been in operation for …

Groundwater quality assessment using entropy weighted water quality index (EWQI) in Lenjanat, Iran

V Amiri, M Rezaei, N Sohrabi - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Human health is strongly influenced by water quality which is threatened by the poor quality
of polluted groundwater. In this study, the groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking …

Characterizing groundwater quality ranks for drinking purposes in Sylhet district, Bangladesh, using entropy method, spatial autocorrelation index, and geostatistics

ARMT Islam, N Ahmed, M Bodrud-Doza… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Drinking water is susceptible to the poor quality of contaminated water affecting the health of
humans. Thus, it is an essential study to investigate factors affecting groundwater quality and …

Hydrogeochemistry and groundwater quality assessment of high fluoride levels in the Yanchi endorheic region, northwest China

C Wu, X Wu, C Qian, G Zhu - Applied Geochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Groundwater is the primary source of water for irrigation and domestic purposes in the
Yanchi endorheic region, an arid area in northwest China. A comprehensive understanding …

Groundwater quality ranking for drinking purposes, using the entropy method and the spatial autocorrelation index

AD Gorgij, O Kisi, AA Moghaddam… - Environmental earth …, 2017 - Springer
Groundwater quality for drinking purposes has been evaluated for 21 groundwater samples
from the Azarshahr Plain in Iran using entropy theory, and its results have been compared …

Groundwater quality assessment based on improved water quality index in Pengyang County, Ningxia, Northwest China

L Pei-Yue, Q Hui, WU Jian-Hua - Journal of Chemistry, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to assess the groundwater quality in Pengyang County based on an
improved water quality index. An information entropy method was introduced to assign …

Contrasting water quality in response to long-term nitrogen fertilization in rainfed and irrigated apple-producing regions on China's Loess Plateau

L Hou, Z Liu, B Zhai, Y Zhu, X Xu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Overfertilization prevails in developing apple-producing countries, but its long-term effects
on regional water resources are scarcely documented. In this study, a total of 114 water …

Groundwater Quality in Jingyuan County, a Semi‐Humid Area in Northwest China

W Jianhua, L Peiyue, Q Hui - Journal of Chemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater quality assessment is an essential study which plays an important role in the
rational development and utilization of groundwater in any part of the world. In the study …