Research Article

Assessment of a Physicochemical Indexing Method for Evaluation of Tropical River Water Quality

Table 2

Values of parameters after normalization for (Pesce and Wunderlin, 2000).

ClassNormalization factor (Ci)
IIIIIIIVV
1009080706050403020100

Cond (μS/cm)<750<1000<1250<1500<2000<2500<3000<5000<8000≤12,000>12,000
DO (mg/L)≥7.5>7.0>6.5>6.0>5.0>4.0>3.5>3.0>2.0≥1.0<1.0
Turb (NTU)<5<10<15<20<25<30<40<60<80≤100>100