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Methodology development on aquatic environmental assessment

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The Water Framework Directive aims at reaching the good ecological status of the surface and ground water bodies (László et al. Microchem J 85(1):65–71, 2007). The paper deals with quality evaluation of waters with special focus on the water chemistry parameters as defined in the Water Framework Directive and pertaining legal regulations. The purpose of this paper is to devise a quantitative type of water quality assessment method which could provide rapid, accurate, and reliable information on the quality of the surface waters by using water chemistry parameters. Quality classes have been defined for every water chemistry parameter in light of the legal limit values of the water parameters. In addition to this, weight indices were calculated on the basis of the outcome of the paired comparison of water chemistry parameters and normalized matrix. This was followed by the parametric level analysis of the water chemistry parameters, and finally, the aquatic environment index (AEI) was calculated, which provided general information on the quality of water regarding the water chemistry parameters. The method was illustrated on Lake Balaton, Hungary in which case water samples taken from Balatonfüred City lake area were analyzed and evaluated with the method devised.

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Abbreviations

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I:

Empirical constants

AEA:

Aquatic environmental assessment

AEI:

Aquatic environment index

AHP:

Analytical hierarchy process

ANFIS:

Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system

AQUATOX:

Aquatic ecosystem simulation model

BOD:

Biological oxygen demand

Chla:

Chlorophyll a

C i :

Average figures of the rows in the normalized matrix

C Lvi :

Limit value of water chemistry parameter i

C Mi :

Measured value of water chemistry parameter i

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

DO:

Dissolved oxygen

e :

Euler number

EC:

Electrical conductivity

EIA:

Environmental impact assessment

GD:

Governmental decree

GIS:

Geographic information system

MCDM:

Multi-criteria decision making

MSZ:

Hungarian standards

n :

Number of the water chemistry parameters

QC i :

Quality class of water chemistry parameter i

Q Di :

Deviation of water chemistry parameter i from the legal limit value

RIAM:

Rapid impact assessment matrix

OS:

Oxygen saturation

TN:

Total nitrogen

TOPSIS:

Technique for Order Preference by Similarity System

TP:

Total phosphorus

TU:

Turbidity

WFD:

Water Framework Directive

WI:

Weight index

X QC :

Quality class of water chemistry parameter i

y :

Concentration of water chemistry parameter i

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We acknowledge the financial support of Széchenyi 2020 under the GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00016.

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  1. University of Pannonia, 10 Egyetem St., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary

    József Németh, Viktor Sebestyén, Tatjana Juzsakova, Endre Domokos & Ákos Rédey

  2. Chianti 3D Kft, 12 Kittenberger Kálmán St., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary

    László Dióssy

  3. The University of Danang-University of Science and Technology, 54 Nguyen Luong Bang St., Lien Chieu, Danang, Vietnam

    Cuong Le Phuoc

  4. Széchenyi István University, 1 Egyetem Sq., Győr, 9029, Hungary

    Péter Huszka

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Németh, J., Sebestyén, V., Juzsakova, T. et al. Methodology development on aquatic environmental assessment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 11126–11140 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7941-1

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