Water Quality Assessment in Terms of Water Quality Index

2020/10/29 by Shweta Tyagi, Bhavtosh Sharma, Prashant Kumar Singh +1 · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Water Quality and Pollution Assessment #Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry #Water resources management and optimization

paper · doi:10.12691/ajwr-1-3-3

openalex publication_date 2020/10/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Water quality index (WQI) is valuable and unique rating to depict the overall water quality status in a single term that is helpful for the selection of appropriate treatment technique to meet the concerned issues. However, WQI depicts the composite influence of different water quality parameters and communicates water quality information to the public and legislative decision makers. In spite of absence of a globally accepted composite index of water quality, some countries have used and are using aggregated water quality data in the development of water quality indices. Attempts have been made to review the WQI criteria for the appropriateness of drinking water sources. Besides, the present article also highlights and draws attention towards the development of a new and globally accepted “Water Quality Index” in a simplified format, which may be used at large and could represent the reliable picture of water quality.

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