Groundwater quality classification derivation using Multi-Criteria-Decision-Making techniques

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 243-252

  Zahedi, Sina ^a   Azarnivand, Ali ^a   Chitsaz, Nastaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid region; Drinking purpose; Groundwater; Multi Criteria Decision Making; Water Quality Index (WQI)

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER QUALITY;

COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING; DRINKING PURPOSE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY INDICES; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING MODELS; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODELS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARID REGION; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; INDEX METHOD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKING; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN]; VARAMIN;

EID: 85016145947     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.015     Document Type: Article

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