Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming

Water quality monitoring and assessment in drinking water resources are of great importance. The entry of pollutants and nutrients into water resources may cause problems for public health and can increase the bioaccumulation and biodiversity risks. This issue is more critical for dam lakes with mor...

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Autores principales: Hamid Amiri, Bijan Hadizadeh, Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu, Sama Azadi, Amir Hossein Sayyahzadeh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8ee4e04f9b6f4923972874d57a20eeb32021-11-24T04:35:21ZEvaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming2667-010010.1016/j.envc.2021.100378https://doaj.org/article/8ee4e04f9b6f4923972874d57a20eeb32021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021003528https://doaj.org/toc/2667-0100Water quality monitoring and assessment in drinking water resources are of great importance. The entry of pollutants and nutrients into water resources may cause problems for public health and can increase the bioaccumulation and biodiversity risks. This issue is more critical for dam lakes with more retention time, a primary source for drinking, agriculture, fish farming, and industry. This study applies the universal water quality index (U-WQI) to evaluate the dam lake quality in an arid area and identifies the sources of upstream pollutants over time (2016–2020). For this, 16 physical, chemical, and microbial parameters were quarterly measured in three points of Ilam dam lake in Ilam City, Iran. Then, U-WQI was calculated to evaluate water quality for drinking and cold water fish farming. Over the course of monitoring, the average U-WQI for drinking and fish farming was 176.7 and 190.2, respectively. Seasonal changes in the index suggest that fish farming in spring is more suitable than other seasons since the U-WQI decreases in summer and winter.Hamid AmiriBijan HadizadehMehrdad Ghorbani MooseluSama AzadiAmir Hossein SayyahzadehElsevierarticleDrinking waterFish farmingIlam damUniversal water quality indexEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENEnvironmental Challenges, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100378- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Drinking water
Fish farming
Ilam dam
Universal water quality index
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle Drinking water
Fish farming
Ilam dam
Universal water quality index
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Hamid Amiri
Bijan Hadizadeh
Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu
Sama Azadi
Amir Hossein Sayyahzadeh
Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
description Water quality monitoring and assessment in drinking water resources are of great importance. The entry of pollutants and nutrients into water resources may cause problems for public health and can increase the bioaccumulation and biodiversity risks. This issue is more critical for dam lakes with more retention time, a primary source for drinking, agriculture, fish farming, and industry. This study applies the universal water quality index (U-WQI) to evaluate the dam lake quality in an arid area and identifies the sources of upstream pollutants over time (2016–2020). For this, 16 physical, chemical, and microbial parameters were quarterly measured in three points of Ilam dam lake in Ilam City, Iran. Then, U-WQI was calculated to evaluate water quality for drinking and cold water fish farming. Over the course of monitoring, the average U-WQI for drinking and fish farming was 176.7 and 190.2, respectively. Seasonal changes in the index suggest that fish farming in spring is more suitable than other seasons since the U-WQI decreases in summer and winter.
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author Hamid Amiri
Bijan Hadizadeh
Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu
Sama Azadi
Amir Hossein Sayyahzadeh
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Sama Azadi
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title Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
title_short Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
title_full Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
title_fullStr Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the water quality index in dam lake for cold water fish farming
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