Abstract
Surface water quality is a vital issue worldwide due to increasing population and development plans. The objective of this study is to develop a statistical approach for assessing irrigation water canals through monitoring pollutant concentrations and a water quality index. Water samples were collected monthly for the two years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, from fixed locations along the studied canals in Eastern Delta as a case study. The statistical approach used in this work includes weighted arithmetic water quality index (WAWQI), hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) and principal component/factor analysis (PC/FA). The study revealed that according to the cluster analysis considering WAWQI, 61.11% of the monitoring locations were grouped under cluster A which has the best water quality among the cluster groups. Furthermore, the results of the principal component analysis identified five principal components which were responsible for 81.24% of water quality status in the studied locations. The results obtained from this study can assess the decision makers in applying water quality strategy to control the presence of pollutants from different sources.
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The authors are grateful to the staff of the Drainage Research Institute (DRI), special thanks to Professor Dr. Esam Khalifa and Professor Dr. Hussein El Gammal Director of the institute for their continuous support and making all the required data available.
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Hasan, E.A., Aly, M.M., Abd El Hamid, A.M.I. (2021). Statistical Approach for Water Quality Evaluation of Irrigation Canals in Egypt. In: Al-Maktoumi, A., et al. Water Resources in Arid Lands: Management and Sustainability. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67028-3_1
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