ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WORK

WATER QUALITY INDEX

 
 
 
PRESENTED:
FABIAN E. GAVIRIA VERGARA
 
 
TEACHER:
SAMIR ISSAC MERAMO HURTADO
 
 
 
 
COLOMBO INTERNACIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
PROG. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, BOLIVAR
SEMESTER VIII
MARCH 24, 2020
ON
 STATION EI-
TEST UNITS VALUES

Disolved Oxygen (%) 95

Fecal Coliform (m.o/100 ml) <30
pH units 8.17
Biochemical oxygen demand (mgO2/l) 2.1
Temperature change (°C) 0
Total phosphate (mg/l) N.D
Nitrates units 0.7
Turbidity (NTU) 0.88
Total solids (mg/l) 38268
OVERALL WATER QUALITY INDEX (ICA)

OVERALL WATER QUALITY INDEX QUALITY OF WATER

90-100 % Excellent After calculating th
of the stations, it w
70-89% Good stations have a "Go

50-69% Medium

25-49% Bad

0-24% Very bad

 STATION EI-S STATION E1-F STATION E
Weighting Quality Weighting Quality
Wi*Qi Wi*Qi
Factor Index VALUES Factor Index VALUES
(%) (%)
(Wi) (Qi) (Wi) (Qi)
0.17 98 16.66 83 0.17 89 15.13 86
0.16 100 16.00 40 0.16 55 8.80 <30
0.11 78 8.58 8.13 0.11 79 8.69 8.04
0.11 78 8.58 2.2 0.11 76 8.36 <2,0
0.1 93 9.30 -0.1 0.1 93 9.30 -0.1
0.1 100 10.00 N.D 0.1 100 10.00 N.D
0.1 96 9.60 1.02 0.1 96 9.60 0.91
0.08 96 7.68 0.39 0.08 99 7.92 1.05
0.07 20 1.40 39070 0.07 20 1.40 37352
∑(Wi*Qi) 87.80 ∑(Wi*Qi) 79.20

After calculating the water quality index of each

of the stations, it was concluded that all the
stations have a "Good" state of water quality.
 STATIONS
STATION E2-S STATION E3-S STATION E3S
Weighting Quality Weighting Quality
Wi*Qi Wi*Qi
Factor Index VALUES Factor Index VALUES
(%) (%)
(Wi) (Qi) (Wi) (Qi)
0.17 92 15.64 90 0.17 95 16.15 101
0.16 100 16.00 <30 0.16 100 16.00 <30
0.11 84 9.24 8.22 0.11 76 8.36 8.23
0.11 100 11.00 3 0.11 67 7.37 3.2
0.1 93 9.30 0 0.1 93 9.30 0
0.1 100 10.00 N.D 0.1 100 10.00 N.D
0.1 96 9.60 0.91 0.1 96 9.60 0.7
0.08 96 7.68 1.68 0.08 94 7.52 0.57
0.07 20 1.40 33978 0.07 20 1.40 34534
∑(Wi*Qi) 89.86 ∑(Wi*Qi) 85.70
STATION E3S-DUP STATION E3-F STATION E4
Weighting Quality Weighting Quality
Wi*Qi Wi*Qi
Factor Index VALUES Factor Index VALUES
(%) (%)
(Wi) (Qi) (Wi) (Qi)
0.17 99 16.83 88 0.17 93 15.81 81
0.16 100 16.00 <30 0.16 100 16.00 <30
0.11 76 8.36 8.13 0.11 79 8.69 8.2
0.11 66 7.26 <2,0 0.11 100 11.00 2.3
0.1 93 9.30 -0.1 0.1 93 9.30 0
0.1 100 10.00 N.D 0.1 100 10.00 N.D
0.1 96 9.60 0.91 0.1 96 9.60 0.8
0.08 97 7.76 0.37 0.08 98 7.84 0.68
0.07 20 1.40 35286 0.07 20 1.40 22908
∑(Wi*Qi) 86.51 ∑(Wi*Qi) 89.64
 STATION E4-S STATION E4-F
Weighting Quality Weighting Quality
Wi*Qi Wi*Qi
Factor Index VALUES Factor Index
(%) (%)
(Wi) (Qi) (Wi) (Qi)
0.17 88 14.96 76 0.17 82 13.94
0.16 100 16.00 <30 0.16 100 16.00
0.11 77 8.47 8.19 0.11 77 8.47
0.11 74 8.14 <2,0 0.11 100 11.00
0.1 93 9.30 0.1 0.1 93 9.30
0.1 100 10.00 N.D 0.1 100 10.00
0.1 96 9.60 0.48 0.1 97 9.70
0.08 97 7.76 0.61 0.08 97 7.76
0.07 20 1.40 28856 0.07 20 1.40
∑(Wi*Qi) 85.63 ∑(Wi*Qi) 87.57