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Aquaculture Water Quality Index: a low-cost index to accelerate aquaculture development in Indonesia

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Due to a lack of the related data, there were no simple water indexes available for indicating water quality. Motivated by the fact that many lakes and reservoirs in Indonesia have been polluted because of aquacultural activity, this paper proposed a Water Quality Index, called the Aquaculture Water Quality Index (AWQI), and presented the development of practical tool to aid the development of aquaculture in Indonesia. Specific purposes included: (a) providing a brief summary of the assessment results of the existing WQI; (b) developing the AWQI method for applying in an aquacultural context; (c) implementing the AWQI method in Depok Area (Indonesia) as study area. An AHP method was also processed to define the weights of selected water quality parameters: DO, ammonia, pH, and fecal coliform. The AWQI had several features: (a) a low-cost water quality monitoring program that could be used by developing countries; (b) a useful tool for water resource agencies, especially for local agencies, to manage waterbodies and to raise public awareness of water pollution for its data, as its data could be easily understood and interpreted.

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Abbreviations

AHP:

Analytical hierarchy process

AWQI:

Aquaculture Water Quality Index

MDE:

Malaysian Department of Environment

NSF:

National Sanitation Foundation

RPI:

River Pollution Index

WQI:

Water Quality Index

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the research supported in part by Maranatha Christian University, Indonesia, in part by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, under grant number 102-2221-E-006-246-MY3, and in part by the Headquarters of University Advancement at the National Cheng Kung University, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

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Tallar, R.Y., Suen, JP. Aquaculture Water Quality Index: a low-cost index to accelerate aquaculture development in Indonesia. Aquacult Int 24, 295–312 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-015-9926-3

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