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 review of genesis and evolution of water quality index (WQI) and some future directions

A Lumb, TC Sharma, JF Bibeault - Water Quality, Exposure and Health, 2011 - Springer
The concept of indexing water with a numerical value to express its quality, based on
physical, chemical and biological measurements, was developed in 1965 by US based …

Evaluation of water quality using water quality index (WQI) method and GIS in Aksu River (SW-Turkey)

Ş Şener, E Şener, A Davraz - Science of the total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is evaluate water quality of the Aksu River, the main river recharging
the Karacaören-1 Dam Lake and flowing approximately 145 km from Isparta province to …

[PDF][PDF] Water quality assessment in terms of water quality index

S Tyagi, B Sharma, P Singh, R Dobhal - American Journal of water …, 2013 - academia.edu
Water quality index (WQI) is valuable and unique rating to depict the overall water quality
status in a single term that is helpful for the selection of appropriate treatment technique to …

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 Tian** city has been a “lifeline” for the
economic and social development of Tian** city since the 1980s. The water quality of this …

Assessment of Cau River water quality assessment using a combination of water quality and pollution indices

CT Son, NTH Giang, TP Thao, NH Nui… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
This research aims at using a combined water quality index (WQI) and pollution index (PI) to
assess and characterize river water quality of Cau River which is one of the longest rivers in …

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 …

Geochemical characterization, deciphering groundwater quality using pollution index of groundwater (PIG), water quality index (WQI) and geographical information …

V Sunitha, BM Reddy - Applied Water Science, 2022 - Springer
Fifty groundwater samples were obtained pre and post-monsoon seasons in parts of hard
rock terrain in Andhra Pradesh, South India, in order to assess the drinking water quality …

A fuzzy-logic based decision-making approach for identification of groundwater quality based on groundwater quality indices

M Vadiati, A Asghari-Moghaddam, M Nakhaei… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to inherent uncertainties in measurement and analysis, groundwater quality
assessment is a difficult task. Artificial intelligence techniques, specifically fuzzy inference …

Water quality indices as tools for decision making and management

MW Gitau, J Chen, Z Ma - Water resources management, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Water Quality Indices (WQIs) are composite indicators of water quality that pool
together otherwise complex water quality data into an aggregate value that can be quickly …