Development of a water quality index (WQI) for the Loktak Lake in India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2907-2918

  Das Kangabam, Rajiv ^a,b   Bhoominathan, Sarojini Devi ^a   Kanagaraj, Suganthi ^a   Govindaraju, Munisamy ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Floating island; Loktak Lake; Pearson s correlation matrix; Physicochemical parameters; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CORRELATION MATRIX; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOATING ISLANDS; LOKTAK LAKE; PEARSON’S CORRELATION MATRIX; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL HYDROGENS; TOTAL HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

LAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; NITRITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; LOKTAK LAKE; MANIPUR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85041733774     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-017-0579-4     Document Type: Article

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