Muhammad Balal Arain , Ihsan Ullah , Abdul Niaz , Nasrullah Shah , Afzal Shah , Zahid Hussain , Muhammad Tariq , Hassan Imran Afridi , Jameel Ahmad Baig , Tasneem Gul Kazi
{"title":"Evaluation of water quality parameters in drinking water of district Bannu, Pakistan: Multivariate study","authors":"Muhammad Balal Arain , Ihsan Ullah , Abdul Niaz , Nasrullah Shah , Afzal Shah , Zahid Hussain , Muhammad Tariq , Hassan Imran Afridi , Jameel Ahmad Baig , Tasneem Gul Kazi","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The aim of study was to evaluate physico-chemical parameters and total content of metals in drinking water of district Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan. 197 (</span><em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <span>3) surface (canals, rivers) and ground water (tube well, pressure pump, hand pump) samples were collected from 49 different union councils (UC) of district Bannu. Twenty-two (22) physico chemical parameters such as pH, EC, TDS, Hardness, Salinity, Alkalinity, SO</span><sub>4</sub><sup>−2</sup>, Cl<sup>−1</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>,PO<sub>4</sub><sup>−3</sup><span>, Na, K, Li, Ca, Mg, Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn were determined. In the study, statistical techniques PCA and CA were used to measure variations in water quality. The understudy samples showed significantly higher values of TDS and EC than WHO permissible limits which may greatly influence the health conditions of the residents of this area.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 114-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86112149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in water quality index of Ganges river at different locations in Allahabad","authors":"Prerna Sharma , Prabodha Kumar Meher , Ajay Kumar , Yogendra Prakash Gautam , Kaushala Prasad Mishra","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have determined the water quality index (WQI) of post-monsoon water samples with an aim to assess changes in Ganges river at various locations in Allahabad stretch including that from the confluence with river Yamuna. Physicochemical parameters such as temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS), major cations e.g. Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>, Mg<sup>2+</sup>, Ca<sup>2+</sup>, major anions e.g. F<sup>−</sup>, Cl<sup>−</sup>, Br<sup>−</sup>, SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>, PO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup><span> and alkalinity were analyzed by standard procedures. The values obtained were compared with the guideline values for drinking water by Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) and World Health Organization (WHO). From the measured quantities, certain parameters were selected to derive WQI for the variations in water quality of each designated sampling site. Results showed considerable deterioration in quality of water at some of the sites. WQI of Ganges river water at Allahabad ranged from 86.20 to 157.69 which falls in the range of poor quality of water. Pearson’s correlation matrix was drawn to find possible interrelations among measured water quality parameters. It is shown that WQI may be a useful tool for assessing water quality and predicting trend of variation in water quality at different locations in the Ganges river.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 67-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75466479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongming He, Yang Cheng, Jie Zhou, Samnang Keo, Peter Goethals
{"title":"Monitoring and assessment of water quality and ecology","authors":"Hongming He, Yang Cheng, Jie Zhou, Samnang Keo, Peter Goethals","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2015.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2015.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2015.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82882530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Enciso , Shad D. Nelson , Hugo Perea , Venki Uddameri , Narayanan Kannan , Ashley Gregory
{"title":"Impact of residue management and subsurface drainage on non-point source pollution in the Arroyo Colorado","authors":"Juan Enciso , Shad D. Nelson , Hugo Perea , Venki Uddameri , Narayanan Kannan , Ashley Gregory","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This study focused on evaluating the impact of residue management (RM) and subsurface tile drainage<span> (SD) on non-point source pollution (NPS) from surface irrigated farms in the Arroyo Colorado (AC) watershed. The objective was to compare the impact of RM and SD on water quality information [Total suspended solids (TSS), nitrates and nitrites (NO</span></span><sub>3</sub> <!-->+<!--> <!-->NO<sub>2</sub><span>), orthophosphates (ortho-PO</span><sub>4</sub><span><span><span>) , total phosphorus (P), and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN)] of irrigation runoff in six agricultural fields for two irrigation events each year during the 2009 and 2010 growing seasons. The sites that were selected for this study used best management practices (BMPs) such as conservation crop rotation, irrigation land leveling, poly-pipe use, </span>irrigation water management, pest and nutrient management. Results illustrate that </span>furrow irrigated fields using poly-pipe and employing RM as a BMP can lead to decreased TSS and ortho-PO</span><sub>4</sub><span> constituents in surface water runoff, thus, lowering the potential for contamination in the AC watershed. There is still more opportunity to conserve water and reduce nutrient loadings considering that approximately 30% of the applied water was lost to runoff in some farms. Finally, results demonstrate that irrigators can play a significant role in the prevention of soluble </span><em>N</em> compounds from running off-site and into the AC watershed by monitoring irrigation application, as total runoff amounts from fields decreased in 2010 after the field managers were educated about the amount of water applied and running off the field during 2009.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 25-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90169439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of dams in rivers on N and P export to the coastal waters in Indonesia in the future","authors":"Djoko Suwarno , Ansje Löhr , Carolien Kroeze , Budi Widianarko , Maryna Strokal","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We used Global NEWS to analyze the effects of dams in large rivers on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs to the coastal waters of Indonesia for the period 1970–2050. We model N and P export by rivers, taking into account nutrient retention on land, during river transport and in dammed reservoirs. Our results indicate that N and P export by rivers to coastal seas may increase over time. In the past the N and P inputs to coastal waters of Indonesia were low and have increased relatively fast since 1970 as a result of human activities. For the coming decades we calculate that P inputs to coastal waters in Indonesia may double while N inputs may increase by up to 20%. Damming may slow down these increases to some extent. Our study illustrates that it is important in river nutrient export models to appropriately account for nutrient retention in dam waters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 55-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.11.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91382272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Major ion chemistry of the ground water at the Khoda Village, Ghaziabad, India","authors":"Devendra Singh Bikundia, Dinesh Mohan","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The ground water quality in and around the Khoda village, Ghaziabad, India, has been evaluated for sustainability and its suitability for drinking, domestic and irrigation purposes. A total of 184 ground water samples were collected from India Mark II hand-pumps during pre-monsoon (March 2011) and post-monsoon (October 2010) periods, respectively. All the samples were analyzed for 29 physicochemical water quality parameters. According to the Soltan’s classification, the majority of the samples were normal sulfate, normal bicarbonate and normal chloride types, respectively, during pre- and post-monsoon seasons. Base-exchange, meteoric genesis, Langelier saturation and Ryznar stability indices were also estimated. The total ionic dominance (meq/L) pattern follows the order Na</span><sup>+</sup> <!-->><!--> <!-->HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> <!-->><!--> <!-->Cl<sup>−</sup> <!-->><!--> <!-->Mg<sup>2+</sup> <!-->><!--> <!-->SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> <!-->><!--> <!-->Ca<sup>2+</sup><span>. Piper<span> trilinear and Chadha’s rectangular diagrams indicated that alkali metals (Na</span></span><sup>+</sup> <!-->+<!--> <!-->K<sup>+</sup><span>) exceed alkaline earth metals (Ca</span><sup>2+</sup> <!-->+<!--> <!-->Mg<sup>2+</sup>) and anions of strong acids (SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> <!-->+<!--> <!-->Cl<sup>−</sup>) dominate over anions of weak acids (HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> <!-->+<!--> <!-->CO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>), suggesting that this water is of the Na<sup>+</sup> <!-->−<!--> <!-->Cl<sup>−</sup> and Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub><span><span> types. Ground water suitability for irrigation was assessed using electrical conductivity and percent sodium, the US Salinity Laboratory’s diagram, residual sodium carbonate (RSC), salinity index, chlorinity index, </span>sodicity index, Kelly’s Index and magnesium hazard.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 133-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82210869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pham Viet Anh , Gert Everaert , Chu Tien Vinh , Peter Goethals
{"title":"Need for integrated analysis and management instruments to attain sustainable fisheries in Vietnam","authors":"Pham Viet Anh , Gert Everaert , Chu Tien Vinh , Peter Goethals","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The Vietnamese fisheries have developed rapidly in last decades and have significantly contributed to socio-economic development. However, it is questionable how sustainable development can be achieved due to lack of effective fisheries management. To obtain more insights in the impact and sustainability of marine fisheries, the development and implementation of holistic and effective management approaches is urgently needed. In this work, we introduce three possible management options to attain a more </span>sustainable fisheries<span> management: reduction of fishing capacity, ecosystem based fisheries management and market-based management approach.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"3 ","pages":"Pages 151-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73872282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A speculative designer’s adventure with invasive species","authors":"Lisa Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 82-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88502774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Mid Atlantic brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) stream sustainability statistic for rating non-tidal streams","authors":"Albert K. Smith , Dann Sklarew","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2013.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2013.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Due to the decline of Mid Atlantic brook trout populations coupled with diminishing budgets of relevant natural resource<span> agencies who monitor the populations, a quick and cost effective assessment of brook trout streams or potential brook trout streams in the Mid-Atlantic United States is warranted. Using five core metrics – two watershed metrics (percent land use in agriculture<span> and distance to the nearest road from the survey site) and three in-stream metrics (riffle/run quality, dissolved oxygen content and water temperature), a classification model has been developed, useful as preliminary indication as to a stream’s suitability to sustain brook trout populations. Developed via discriminant analysis using Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ historical stream data, two classification equations (Smith–Sklarew equations) can be simplified into one equation, which produces a sustainability statistic (</span></span></span><em>S</em>). Should the five field measurements from the metrics produce a positive “<em>S</em>” value at a given site, then the stream reach most likely favors conditions suitable for sustainable brook trout populations. Conversely, negative “<em>S</em>” values indicate less than adequate conditions for sustainable brook trout populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 68-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2013.08.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80433755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling ecosystem services – Challenges and promising future directions","authors":"Martin Volk","doi":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper reviews briefly the current studies on modelling ecosystem services and identifies their current strengths and weaknesses, such as methodological varieties, missing quantification of processes and trade-offs, and insufficient use in resources management. By discussing promising examples, the paper provides five key recommendations to improve these shortcomings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101194,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.05.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79079390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}