An overall water quality index (WQI) for a man-made aquatic reservoir in Mexico

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1687-1698

  Rubio Arias, Hector ^a   Contreras Caraveo, Manuel ^a   Quintana, Rey Manuel ^a   Saucedo Teran, Ruben Alfonso ^b   Pinales Munguia, Adan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^b National Research Institute for Forestry   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Chihuahua; Metals; Mexico; Water contamination; WQI values

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESERVOIR; TURBIDITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84861513914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9051687     Document Type: Article

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