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 …

Incorporation of water quality index models with machine learning-based techniques for real-time assessment of aquatic ecosystems

HI Kim, D Kim, M Mahdian, MM Salamattalab… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water quality index (WQI) is a well-established tool for assessing the overall quality of fresh
inland-waters. However, the effectiveness of real-time assessment of aquatic ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of Dam Operation and Interaction with Groundwater: An Overview Focusing on Greece

D Karakatsanis, T Patsialis, K Kalaitzidou, I Kougias… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The optimization of dam operations to transform them into multi-objective facilities
constitutes a challenge for both hydrology, hydrogeology, and hydropower generation …

Evaluation of surface water quality by using Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) method and discriminant analysis …

A Bilgin - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2018 - Springer
In this study, the water quality of the Coruh River Basin, which is located in the Eastern Black
Sea Region of Turkey, was evaluated. The water quality data measurement results obtained …

Use of water quality index and multivariate statistical techniques for the assessment of spatial variations in water quality of a small river

S Dutta, A Dwivedi, M Suresh Kumar - Environmental monitoring and …, 2018 - Springer
Rapid urban development has led to a critical negative impact on water bodies flowing in
and around urban areas. In the present study, 25 physiochemical and biological parameters …

Water scarcity management in arid regions based on an extended multiple criteria technique

N Chitsaz, A Azarnivand - Water Resources Management, 2017 - Springer
Relying on strategic multi-criteria techniques is an effective step for identifying the sources of
water management problems, formulating strategies, and prioritizing the alternatives. In this …

Evaluation of surface water quality using water quality indices (WQIs) in Lake Sukhna, Chandigarh, India

Maansi, R **dal, M Wats - Applied Water Science, 2022 - Springer
To assess the surface water quality of Sukhna Lake, 13 physico-chemical parameters like
temperature, pH, transparency, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, total dissolved …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-evaluation of water quality indices. application into groundwater resources

DE Alexakis - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Until now, there was no simple procedure to test the performance of water quality indices
(WQIs) or, in other words, to perform their meta-evaluation. The purpose of this study is to …

Water quality evaluation of a lacustrine water body in the Mediterranean based on different water quality index (WQI) methodologies

I Zotou, VA Tsihrintzis, GD Gikas - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The relative response of seven different Water Quality Indices (WQIs) was comparatively
tested in an artificial Mediterranean lake, with the ultimate goal of the study to function as a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the water quality of a high Andean lake using different quantitative approaches

F García-Avila, P Loja-Suco, C Siguenza-Jeton… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study assessed a high Andean lake's trophic state and water quality using
methodologies with eutrophication and water quality indexes. Water samples were collected …