Water quality assessment in an arid region using a water quality index

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2319-2327

  Nemati Varnosfaderany, M ^a   Mirghaffary, N ^a   Ebrahimi, E ^a   Soffianian, A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aggregation method; NSF WQI; Water quality; Zayandehrud River

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; RIVERS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGGREGATION METHOD; AGGREGATION METHODS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORMS; NSF WQI; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE DEVIATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER SAMPLES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER; RAIN;

AGGREGATION; ARID REGION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITRATE; PH; PHOSPHATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESERT; FECAL COLIFORM; IRAN; PH; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; RIVER; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN; ZAYANDEH RIVER;

DESERT CLIMATE; IRAN; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 74049128738     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.669     Document Type: Article

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