Development of specific water quality index for water supply in Thailand

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ผู้เขียน/บรรณาธิการ

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รายชื่อผู้แต่ง: Prakirake C., Chaiprasert P., Tripetchkul S.

ผู้เผยแพร่: Prince of Songkla University

ปีที่เผยแพร่ (ค.ศ.): 2009

วารสาร: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) (0125-3395)

Volume number: 31

Issue number: 1

หน้าแรก: 91

หน้าสุดท้าย: 104

จำนวนหน้า: 14

นอก: 0125-3395

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67650922100&partnerID=40&md5=80437ee843645c58e8a67fad184c1ee3

ภาษา: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

บทคัดย่อ

In this study, the specific water quality index for assessing water quality in terms of water supply (WSI) usage has been developed by using Delphi technique and its application in Thai rivers is proposed. The thirteen parameters including turbidity, DO, pH, NO3-N, TDS, FCB, Fe, color, BOD, Mn, NH3-N, hardness, and total PO4-P are employed for the estimation of water quality. The sub-index transformation curves are established for each variable to assess the variation in water quality level. An appropriate function to aggregate overall sub-indices was weighted Solway function that provided reasonable results for reducing ambiguous and eclipsing effects for high and slightly polluted samples. The developed WSI could be applied to measure water quality into 5 levels - very good (85-100); good (80-<85); average (65-<80); poor (40-<65) and very poor (<40). The proposed WSI could be used for evaluating water quality in terms of water supply. In addition, it could be used for analyzing long-term trait analysis and comparing water quality among different reaches of rivers or between different watersheds.

คำสำคัญ

Delphi technique, Specific water quality index, Water quality evaluation, Water supply, Weighted Solway function