Quality characterization and pollution source identification of surface water using multivariate statistical techniques, Nalagarh Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2137-2156

  Herojeet, Rajkumar ^a   Rishi, Madhuri S ^b   Lata, Renu ^c   Dolma, Konchok ^d  

^a Post Graduate Government College   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GB Pant National Research Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development   (India)

^d EJM College   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hydrochemical facies; Industrial effluent; Principal component analysis; Sirsa River; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HARDNESS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER HARDNESS; WEATHERING;

CA 2+; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; INDIAN STANDARDS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIRSA RIVER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER TYPES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; FACIES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SIRSA RIVER;

EID: 85054443378     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-017-0600-y     Document Type: Article

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