Dynamic weighting system for water quality index

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1261-1271

  Sargaonkar, Aabha P ^a   Gupta, Apurba ^a   Devotta, Sukumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic weighting; Overall index of pollution; Pollution effects; Sub index; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 55849102849     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.468     Document Type: Article

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