Evaluation of the water quality in the Guadarrama river at the section of Las Rozas-Madrid, Spain

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-66

  Vicente, J ^a   Colmenarejo, M F ^b   Sanchez E ^b   Rubio, A ^b   Garcia M G ^b   Borja, R ^c   Jimenez, A M ^d  

^a Ayuntamiento of Las Rozas Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

First order kinetics; Guadarrama river; Plug flow; Water quality index (WQI)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FIRST-ORDER; GUADARRAMA RIVER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MADRID , SPAIN; ORGANIC MATTER; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PLUG-FLOW; SELF-PURIFICATION; TIME-PERIODS; WATER QUALITY INDEX (WQI); WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER POLLUTION; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPAIN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY INDEX;

GUADARRAMA RIVER; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 79551702847     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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