Table 3.9 Classification of water quality indices [11]
Indices for general
Horton Index
Physico-chemical
indices
Water quality
National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality
Index
Prati’s Implicit Index of Pollution
McDuffie and Haney’s River Pollution Index
Diniu’s Water Quality Index
British Columbia Water Quality Index
Oregon Water Quality Index
Florida Stream Water Quality Index
Overall Index of Pollution
Pesce and Wunderlin’s Water Quality Index
Water Quality Index of Central Pollution Control
Board
River Pollution Index
Universal Water Quality Index
Canadian Water Quality Index
Simplified Water Quality Index
Said et al.’s Water Quality Index
Indices for specific
water uses
O’Connor Indices: Fish and Wildlife Index and
Public Water
Supply Index
Deininger and Landwehr Index for Public Water
Supply
Walski and Parker’s Index for Recreation
Stoner’s Index for Dual Uses (PWS and
Irrigation)
Nemerow and Sumitomo’s Pollution Index for
Three Uses
Smith’s Index for Four Water Uses: 1) General, 2)
Regular
Public Bathing, 3) Water Supply, and 4) Fish
Spawning
Viet and Bhargava’s Index
Gekov et al.’s Index
Haire et al.’s Nutrient Loading Index and Eutrophication Index
Li’s Regional Water Resource Quality Assessment Index
Indices for planning Truett et al.’s Prevalence Duration Intensity Index
Truett et al.’s National Planning Priorities Index
Truett et al.’s Priority Action Index
Dee et al.’s Environmental Evaluation System
Inhaber’s Canadian National Index
Zoeteman’s Pollution Potential Index
Johansson and Johnson Pollution Index
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