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    Water Quality Indices As Tools For Decision Making and Management

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    This document summarizes and compares five commonly used water quality indices (WQIs): 1) The additive model (AWQI) developed by Horton in 1965 which was the first attempt at a numerical water quality index. 2) The multiplicative model (MWQI) developed to address issues with the AWQI's insensitivity to low subindex values. 3) The Oregon WQI (OWQI) which accounts for the most sensitive parameter to address weaknesses in the AWQI and MWQI. 4) The unweighted multiplicative WQI (UMWQI) which aims to minimize ambiguity between the overall index and subindex values. 5) The minimum operator model (MOW

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    This document summarizes and compares five commonly used water quality indices (WQIs): 1) The additive model (AWQI) developed by Horton in 1965 which was the first attempt at a numerical water quality index. 2) The multiplicative model (MWQI) developed to address issues with the AWQI's insensitivity to low subindex values. 3) The Oregon WQI (OWQI) which accounts for the most sensitive parameter to address weaknesses in the AWQI and MWQI. 4) The unweighted multiplicative WQI (UMWQI) which aims to minimize ambiguity between the overall index and subindex values. 5) The minimum operator model (MOW

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    Table 1 Summary of commonly used water Quality Indices (WQIs) along with value ranges and interpretations

    NSFWQI additive model NSFWQI Oregon WQI (OWQI) Unweighted Minimum operator (MOWQI)
    (AWQI) multiplicative multiplicative WQI
    model (MWQI) (UMWQI)

    Equationa n n " #0:5  1 =


    AWQI ¼ ∑ W i Qi MWQI ¼ ∏ Qi W i n n
    MOWQI = min(Q1, Q2, Q3, …, Qn)
    n UMWQI ¼ ∏ Qi
    i¼1 i¼1 OWQI ¼
    ∑ni¼1 1 =Q2 1¼1
    i

    Purpose Assessment, Communication Assessment, Trends, Comparison with Provide index that captures lowest
    Planning, NSFWQIs quality parameter
    Performance Evaluation,
    Communication,
    Basis (Horton 1965) model, which Developed to resolve Need to account for most Need to minimize BWeakest Link^ – WQ is defined
    was the first attempt at issue of AWQI sensitive parameter ambiguity between the by most impaired
    numerical indices to describe insensitivity to low (addressing weakness in overall index and parameter/indicator
    water quality. subindex values. AWQI and MWQI). subindex values
    Ranges/Interpretation/ 90–100: Excellent (5) 90–100: Excellent (5) 91–100: Excellent (5) 90–100: Excellent (5) 100–80: Eminently suitable for all
    Assigned Ratings 70–89: good (4) 70–89: good (4) 85–90: good (4) 70–89: good (4) uses (5)
    50–69: Medium (3) 50–69: Medium (3) 80–84: Fair (3) 50–69: Medium (3) 60–79: Suitable for all uses (4)
    Water Quality Indices as Tools for Decision Making and Management

    25–49: Bad (2) 25–49: Bad (2) 60–79: Poor (2) 25–49: Bad (2) 40–59: Main and/or some uses may
    0–24: Very bad (1) 0–24: Very bad (1) 10–59: Very Poor (1) 0–24: Very bad (1) be compromised (3)
    20–39: Unsuitable for main and/or
    several uses (2)
    0–19: Totally unsuitable for main
    and/or many uses (1).
    References Brown et al. (1970); Lumb McClelland (1974); Dunnette (1979); Cude Landwehr and Deininger Smith (1990); Swamee and Tyagi
    et al. (2011a); Lumb et al. Lumb et al. (2011a); (2001); Lumb et al. (1976); Gupta et al. (2000); Poonam et al. (2013)
    (2011b); Poonam et al. (2013) Lumb et al. (2011b) (2011b); Poonam (2003); Lumb et al.
    et al. (2013) (2011b)
    a
    n = number of parameters; Wi = relative weight of the ith parameter; Qi = quality rating (subindex value) of the ith parameter

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