Development of innovative computer software to facilitate the setup and computation of water quality index

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Samira Yousefzadeh²  Amir Hossein Mahvi¹  Kazem Naddafi²  Mahmood Alimohammadi²  Maryam Valadi Amin²  Ramin Nabizadeh² 

[1] Center for Water Quality Research, Institute of Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran

关键词: Monitoring programme;    Water quality software;    Water quality index;    Water quality standards;    Drinking water;   

Others  :  820766
DOI  :  10.1186/2052-336X-11-1

 received in 2013-04-06, accepted in 2013-04-22,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Developing a water quality index which is used to convert the water quality dataset into a single number is the most important task of most water quality monitoring programmes. As the water quality index setup is based on different local obstacles, it is not feasible to introduce a definite water quality index to reveal the water quality level.

Findings

In this study, an innovative software application, the Iranian Water Quality Index Software (IWQIS), is presented in order to facilitate calculation of a water quality index based on dynamic weight factors, which will help users to compute the water quality index in cases where some parameters are missing from the datasets.

Conclusion

A dataset containing 735 water samples of drinking water quality in different parts of the country was used to show the performance of this software using different criteria parameters. The software proved to be an efficient tool to facilitate the setup of water quality indices based on flexible use of variables and water quality databases.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Nabizadeh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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