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Assessment and rationalization of water quality monitoring network: a multivariate statistical approach to the Kabbini River (India)

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Title Assessment and rationalization of water quality monitoring network: a multivariate statistical approach to the Kabbini River (India)
 
Creator MAVUKKANDY, MO
KARMAKAR, S
HARIKUMAR, PS
 
Subject Cluster analysis
Factor analysis
Kabbini River
Multivariate statistics
Principal component analysis
Rationalization
Water quality monitoring network
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
TEMPORAL VARIATIONS
DESIGN
PROGRAM
BASIN
 
Description The establishment of an efficient surface water quality monitoring (WQM) network is a critical component in the assessment, restoration and protection of river water quality. A periodic evaluation of monitoring network is mandatory to ensure effective data collection and possible redesigning of existing network in a river catchment. In this study, the efficacy and appropriateness of existing water quality monitoring network in the Kabbini River basin of Kerala, India is presented. Significant multivariate statistical techniques like principal component analysis (PCA) and principal factor analysis (PFA) have been employed to evaluate the efficiency of the surface water quality monitoring network with monitoring stations as the evaluated variables for the interpretation of complex data matrix of the river basin. The main objective is to identify significant monitoring stations that must essentially be included in assessing annual and seasonal variations of river water quality. Moreover, the significance of seasonal redesign of the monitoring network was also investigated to capture valuable information on water quality from the network. Results identified few monitoring stations as insignificant in explaining the annual variance of the dataset. Moreover, the seasonal redesign of the monitoring network through a multivariate statistical framework was found to capture valuable information from the system, thus making the network more efficient. Cluster analysis (CA) classified the sampling sites into different groups based on similarity in water quality characteristics. The PCA/PFA identified significant latent factors standing for different pollution sources such as organic pollution, industrial pollution, diffuse pollution and faecal contamination. Thus, the present study illustrates that various multivariate statistical techniques can be effectively employed in sustainable management of water resources. Highlights The effectiveness of existing river water quality monitoring network is assessed Significance of seasonal redesign of the monitoring network is demonstrated Rationalization of water quality parameters is performed in a statistical framework.
 
Publisher SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
 
Date 2014-12-28T14:43:51Z
2014-12-28T14:43:51Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 21(17)10045-10066
0944-1344
1614-7499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3000-y
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/16784
 
Language English