[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis of the water quality index model for predicting water state using machine learning techniques

MG Uddin, S Nash, A Rahman, AI Olbert - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Existing water quality index (WQI) models assess water quality using a range of
classification schemes. Consequently, different methods provide a number of interpretations …

Comparison between the WFD approaches and newly developed water quality model for monitoring transitional and coastal water quality in Northern Ireland

MG Uddin, A Jackson, S Nash, A Rahman… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to evaluate existing approaches for monitoring and assessing water quality
in waterbodies in the North of Ireland using newly developed methodologies. The results …

[HTML][HTML] A sophisticated model for rating water quality

MG Uddin, S Nash, A Rahman, AI Olbert - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we present the Irish Water Quality Index (IEWQI) model for assessing transitional and
coastal water quality in an effort to improve the method and develop a tool that can be used …

Fish-based indices for assessing ecological quality and biotic integrity in transitional waters: A systematic review

GBG Souza, M Vianna - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the need to develop biotic metrics that best represent the ecological
quality and biotic integrity of a given environment has been discussed. Functional …

[HTML][HTML] The EU Water Framework Directive: From great expectations to problems with implementation

N Voulvoulis, KD Arpon, T Giakoumis - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) is widely accepted as the most
substantial and ambitious piece of European environmental legislation to date. It has been …

A review of the status of surface European waters twenty years after WFD introduction

I Zacharias, P Liakou, I Biliani - Environmental Processes, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC was issued to combine, renew
and clarify the variety of legislations and responsibilities to a common implementation …

Integrated risk assessment approach for eutrophication in coastal waters: Case of Baltic Sea

PGA Njock, A Zhou, Z Yin, SL Shen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Eutrophication of coastal ecosystems is a global and rapidly intensifying environmental
crisis. Efficient strategies are in great demand to adapt changes to coastal ecosystems and …

Comparative evaluation of river chemical status based on WFD methodology and CCME water quality index

GD Gikas, GK Sylaios, VA Tsihrintzis… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) methodology, proposed by the Ministry of
Environment and Energy of Greece (WFD-MEEG), and the Canadian Council of Ministers of …

Towards more effective water quality governance: A review of social-economic, legal and ecological perspectives and their interactions

S Wuijts, PPJ Driessen, HFMW Van Rijswick - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this article, social-economic, legal and ecological perspectives on effectiveness of water
quality governance and their interactions have been studied. Worldwide, authorities are …

Implementing the Water Framework Directive and tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture: Lessons from England and Scotland

L De Vito, M Fairbrother, D Russel - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture is a key challenge for governments seeking to
implement the European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD). In the research …