A universal calibrated model for the evaluation of surface water and groundwater quality: Model development and a case study in China.

Water quality evaluation is an important issue in environmental management. Various methods have been used to evaluate the quality of surface water and groundwater. However, all previous studies have used different evaluation models for surface water and groundwater, and the models must be recalibra...

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Publicado en:Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 163; pp. 20 - 28
Autores principales: Yu, Chunxue, Yin, Xin'an, Li, Zuoyong, Yang, Zhifeng
Formato: Case Study
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Nov2015
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          Yu, Chunxue
          Yin, Xin'an
          Li, Zuoyong
          Yang, Zhifeng
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          State Key Laboratory of Water Environmental Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
          School of Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, No. 24 Xuefu Street, Chengdu 610041, China
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        Groundwater quality
        Environmental management
        Gaussian function
        Programming languages
        Feasibility studies
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          Groundwater quality
          Environmental management
          Gaussian function
          Programming languages
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        Ground water
        Neural network model
        Surface water
        Universal model
        Water quality evaluation
        Ground water
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        Universal model
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      ab: Water quality evaluation is an important issue in environmental management. Various methods have been used to evaluate the quality of surface water and groundwater. However, all previous studies have used different evaluation models for surface water and groundwater, and the models must be recalibrated due to changes in monitoring indicators in each evaluation. Water quality managers would benefit from a universal and effective model based on a simple expression that would be suitable for all cases of surface water and groundwater, and which could therefore serve as a standard method for a region or country. To meet this requirement, we attempted to develop a universal calibrated model based on the radial basis function neural network. In the new model, the units and values of the evaluation indicators for surface water and groundwater are normalized simultaneously to make the data directly comparable. The model's training inputs comprise the normalized value in each of a water quality indicator's grades (e.g., the nitrate contents defined in a regulatory standard for grades I to V) for all evaluation indicators. The central vector of the Gaussian function is used as the average of the evaluation indicators' normalized standard values for the five grades. The final calibrated model is expressed as an equation rather than in a programming language, and is therefore easier to use. We used the model in a Chinese case study, and found that the model was feasible (it compared well with the results of other models) and simple to use for the evaluation of surface water and groundwater quality.
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