期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：12
页码：11775
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0412016
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Water quality is of influential and significant importance because of its role to human health, aquatic life, ecological integrity and sustainable economic growth. Thus, continuous assessment and monitoring of water b odies is important. This study is aimed at monitoring the water quality of coastal waters of Visakhapatnam coast. 'Weighted Arithmetic Water Quality Index' (WQI) is a numeric expression used to evaluate the quality of a given water body and to be easily understood by managers and public. High values of WQI were observed in samp ling stations of S1 and S4 indicating poor quality of water, whereas, low values of WQI were recorded in all other field stations indicating suitability of those areas for human activ ities like recreation. Thus, 'Weighted Arithmetic Water Quality Index' proved to be a good measure for categorizing quality of coastal waters of Visakhapatnam
