A Comprehensive Method for Water Environment Assessment considering Trends of Water Quality

• Published in: Advances in Civil Engineering Vol. 2021; no. 1
• Main Authors: Bi, Sheng, Wang, Li, Li, Yongrong, Zhang, Zhenping, Wang, Zhimian, Ding, Xiaoling, Zhou, Jianzhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hindawi 2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Analysis; China; Civil engineering; Correlation analysis; Datasets; Environmental management; Freshwater resources; Management; Methods; Pollution; Pollution control; Pollution index; Principal components analysis; Quality assessment; Quality standards; Random variables; Rankings; Reservoirs; Rivers; Trends; Tributaries; Water; Water pollution; Water quality; Water quality assessments; China

Water quality is a significant issue, and its assessment plays an important role in environmental management and pollution control. In this paper, we proposed a comprehensive water quality assessment method which takes into account both absolute and temporal trends in water quality. As the first ste...