Parameters selection for water quality index in the assessment of the environmental impacts of land-based trout farms

Koçer, Mehmet Ali Turan; Sevgi̇li̇, Hüseyi̇n

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.034

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“…The other statistical method, Principal Component/Principal Factor Analysis (PCA/PFA), is often employed for grouping the parameters that have similar characteristics (Liou et al 2004;Hanh et al 2011) and to reduce number of parameters by selecting the parameters that explain most of the variance observed. Debels et al (2005) and Koçer and Sevgili (2014) used PCA to cluster several parameters into "certain groups" and then removed some of them to develop a WQI with a minimum number of parameters. Gazzaz et al (2012) employed the PFA to reduce number of water quality parameters by considering only parameters that exhibit large factor loadings for subsequent analysis.…”

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“…This index has been used in several studies, particularly from South American countries. For example, it was used and applied in Argentina (Pesce and Wunderlin 2000), in Chile (Debels et al 2005) , in Brazil (Abrahão et al 2007), in Spain (Sánchez et al 2007), in India (Kannel et al 2007), and in Turkey (Koçer and Sevgili 2014).…”

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“…Such an aggregation method has been adopted and modified further in some WQIs (e.g. Pesce and Wunderlin 2000;Debels et al 2005;Abrahão et al 2007;Sánchez et al 2007;Koçer and Sevgili 2014).…”

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The use of water quality indices (WQIs) as a tool to evaluate the status of water quality in rivers has been introduced since the 1960s. The WQI transforms selected water quality parameters into a dimensionless number so that changes in river water quality at any particular location and time could be presented in a simple and easily understandable manner. Although many WQIs have been developed, there is no worldwide accepted method for implementing the steps used for developing a WQI. Thus, there is a continuing interest to develop accurate WQIs that suit a local or regional area. This paper aims to provide significant contribution to the development of future river WQIs through a review of 30 existing WQIs based on the four steps needed to develop a WQI. These steps are the selection of parameters, the generation of sub-indices, the generation of parameter weights and the aggregation process to compute the final index value. From the 30 reviewed WQIs, 7 were identified as most important based on their wider use and they were discussed in detail. It was observed that a major factor that influences wider use of a WQI is the support provided by the government and authorities to implement a WQI as the main tool to evaluate the status of rivers. Since there is a lot of subjectivity and uncertainty involved in the steps for developing and applying a WQI, it is recommended that the opinion of local water quality experts is taken, especially in the first three steps (through techniques like Delphi method). It was also observed that uncertainty and sensitivity analysis was rarely undertaken to reduce uncertainty and hence such an analysis is recommended for future studies.

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Development of river water quality indices—a review

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Yilmaz

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“…Embora os impactos negativos das transformações da paisagem na qualidade da água e nos ecossistemas aquáticos sejam bem documentados (LIMBURG; SCHMIDT, 1990;WOODCOCK et al, 2006;CHRISTOPHER et al, 2010;ALI et al, 2012;PURANDARA et al, 2012;ALVES et al, 2013, KOÇER;SEVGILI, 2014), a importância da urbanização e da agricultura para corpos d'água continua sendo um tópico a ser discutido a fim de prever o potencial poluidor de um determinado uso e desenvolver práticas de gestão de bacias hidrográficas.…”

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Relação entre padrões de uso e ocupação do solo e qualidade da água em uma bacia hidrográfica urbana

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“…Accordingly, in the present work, a comprehensive water pollution index method and a pollution weight method (based on the proportion of the total pollution) was adopted to evaluate the water quality of lakes in China. Dealing with a large amount of data and trying to reduce the data processing work effectively, the proposed method uses the following equations to calculate the pollution indices [31,[33][34][35] …”

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Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Lake and Reservoir Water Quality in China and Changes in Its Relationship with GDP from 2005 to 2010

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Zhang

Yu³

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Abstract:We analyzed the spatial distribution of lake and reservoir water quality in China, and the trends from 2005 to 2010, based on monitoring data from 28 large Chinese lakes and reservoirs. We used a comprehensive water pollution index (WPI) to describe water quality and also identified the major pollutants. Using GDP data, we analyzed the relationships between economic factors and water quality. We found that although the water quality of large reservoirs is improving or remaining stable, despite economic growth, the water quality of most lakes either did not change or worsened. The outlook is pessimistic, as water quality in most lakes has decreased to Grade V or worse. The water quality was lowest for northern lakes and highest for southern lakes due to a combination of the local industrial structure and lower rainfall in the north. The primary pollutants generally remained stable during the study period. For some lakes, fluoride and volatile phenols became the OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2015, 7 2001 primary pollutants, indicating more diverse sources of contamination. We divided the 28 bodies of water into four types based on the median WPI and GDP. The dominant combinations were low WPI with low GDP and high WPI with high GDP, as a result of the balance among economic development, the natural environment and environmental policy.

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Parameters selection for water quality index in the assessment of the environmental impacts of land-based trout farms

Cited by 158 publications

References 33 publications

Development of river water quality indices—a review

Development of river water quality indices—a review

Relação entre padrões de uso e ocupação do solo e qualidade da água em uma bacia hidrográfica urbana

Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Lake and Reservoir Water Quality in China and Changes in Its Relationship with GDP from 2005 to 2010

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