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DESIGN OF AN INDEX OF WATER QUALITY 1
Author(s) -
Dinius S. H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb02959.x
Subject(s) - pollutant , water quality , index (typography) , environmental science , pollution , water pollution , delphi method , environmental engineering , water resource management , statistics , mathematics , environmental chemistry , computer science , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , world wide web , biology
This paper describes the formulation of an Index of Water Quality to evaluate the level of pollution in fresh water. A Four‐Round Delphi equation, using a panel of seven nationally recognized water scientists, was performed to ascertain the pollutants to be included in the index, the relationship between the quantity of these pollutants in the water and the resulting quality of the water, and the importance of each pollution variable to each water use as well as to overall pollution. A multiplicative index was used to bring the pollutants together into one system.