Development and sensitivity analysis of a global drinking water quality index

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 73-90

  Rickwood, Carrie J ^a   Carr, G M ^a  

^a UNEP GEMS/Water Programme c/o Place Vincent Massey ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite index; Drinking water; GEMS Water; Global water quality; Vistula River

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INDEX; DRINKING WATER; GEMS/WATER; GLOBAL WATER QUALITY; VISTULA RIVER;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; INDEX METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCEPTABILITY WATER QUALITY INDEX; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING WATER QUALITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH WATER QUALITY INDEX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; VISTULA RIVER;

EID: 68649123618     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0464-6     Document Type: Article

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