Desenvolvimento de Índice de Qualidade da Água (IQA) para abastecimento público na região do Vale do Rio Pardo, RS, Brasil

Autor: Rodrigo Augusto Klamt, Eduardo Alexis Lobo, Adilson Ben da Costa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Ambiente & Água, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Article number: e2711, Published: 27 JUL 2021
Revista Ambiente & Água v.16 n.4 2021
Revista Ambiente & Água
Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHI)
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Revista Ambiente & Água, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 1-15 (2021)
Popis: This research developed a Water Quality Index (WQI) for public supply in the Vale do Rio Pardo Region, RS, Brazil (WQI-VRP), from the database of the 13th Regional Health Coordination, totaling 1175 samples. A filtration process resulted in 285 samples with the variables free residual chlorine, turbidity, apparent color, pH, fluoride, total coliforms and Escherichia coli. For water consumption purposes, the Water Quality Index developed by the Sanitation Company of Goiás, Brazil, was used. A multivariate calibration of the weights of importance of the parameters included in the original index was performed, resulting in the WQI-VRP. Comparing the medians of the two indexes, it was found that there were significant differences (p
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