Research Article

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

Table 7

The cumulative weighted subindices for the original and modified DOE-WQI.

Weighted subindicesDecJanMar
OriginalModifiedOriginalModifiedOriginalModified

DO14.912.97.67.37.67.3
DO + BOD32.828.325.723.925.824.2
DO + BOD + COD46.344.840.639.540.039.4
DO + BOD + COD + NH3-N58.558.352.052.652.552.8
DO + BOD + COD + NH3-N + TSS (original)/Turb (modified)71.468.961.861.563.662.1
DO + BOD + COD + NH3-N + TSS (original)/Turb (modified) + pH (original)/FCC (modified)83.270.173.563.775.362.5