Adaptation and evaluation of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) for use as an effective tool to characterize drinking source water quality

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3544-3552

  Hurley, Tim ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^b   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking source water quality; Risk communication; Water quality guidelines; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTS; DRINKING SOURCE WATER QUALITIES; DRINKING-WATER QUALITIES; EXPERT ASSESSMENT; RISK COMMUNICATION; SOURCE WATERS; TARGET VALUES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER TARGET;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT WATER QUALITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84861337034     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.061     Document Type: Article

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