Evaluation of water quality index for drinking purposes for river Netravathi, Mangalore, South India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 279-290

  Avvannavar, Santosh M ^a   Shrihari, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

Bhargava's WQI; Harmonic mean WQI; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD); BUSINESS MEDIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); HARMONIC MEAN (HAM); HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INLAND WATERS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MPN); RATING CURVES; RATING SCALE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SITES; SOUTH INDIA; STUDY AREAS; TOLERANCE LIMITS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS); WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; OXYGEN; RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING; PH; RIVER BASIN; SANITATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDIA; PH; RATING SCALE; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; MANGALORE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 47349086911     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9977-7     Document Type: Article

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