Comparative Investigation of River Water Quality by OWQI, NSFWQI and Wilcox Indexes (Case study: the Talar River – IRAN)

• Autorzy: Darvishi G. , Kootenaei F. G. , Ramezani M. , Lotfi E. , Asgharnia H.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/aep-2016-0005

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Rivers are considered as one of the main resources of water supply for various applications such as agricultural, drinking and industrial purposes. Also, these resources are used as a place for discharge of sewages, industrial wastewater and agricultural drainage. Regarding the fact that each river has a certain capacity for acceptance of pollutants, nowadays qualitative and environmental investigations of these resources are proposed. In this study, qualitative investigation of the Talar river was done according to Oregon Water Quality Index (OWQI), National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index (NSFWQI) and Wilcox indicators during 2011–2012 years at upstream, midstream and downstream of the river in two periods of wet and dry seasons. According to the results of OWQI, all of the values at 3 stations and both periods are placed at very bad quality category and the water is not acceptable for drinking purposes. According to NSFWQI, the best condition was related to the upstream station at wet season period (58, medium quality) and the worst condition was related to the downstream in wet season period (46, very bad quality). Also the results of Wilcox showed that in both periods of wet season and dry season, the water quality is getting better from upstream station to the downstream station, and according to the index classification, the downstream water quality has shown good quality and it is suitable for agriculture.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Talar River; water quality; Oregon water quality index; OWQI; national sanitation foundation water quality index; NSFWQI; Wilcox

• Wydawca: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Environmental Protection
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 42, no. 1
• Strony: 41--48
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Darvishi G.

• Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering

autor

Kootenaei F. G.

• University of Tehran, Iran Graduate Faculty of Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering

autor

Ramezani M.

• Islamic Azad University, Iran Young Researchers and Elite Club

autor

Lotfi E.

• Regional Water Company of Mazandaran, Iran

autor

Asgharnia H.

• Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran Department of Environmental Health

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