A Nemerow Index and Vague Sets Integrated Water Quality Comprehensive Assessment Model

Author

Zhu Ming ; Li Yong ; Li Jia ; Yang Li

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Hydraulics & Mountain River Eng., Sichuan Univ., Chengdu, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In order to represent fuzzy concept in water quality assessment, the Nemerow Pollution Index and Vague sets similarity measure formula were integrated together, consequently a new water quality comprehensive assessment model was formed. The new formed model can well express fuzzy concept in water quality assessment. Choosing water quality inspection data at Chengdu city´s Fu Nan River as analysis sample, the model was tested. The test result reveals that the model can not only solve fuzzy problems in water quality assessment, but also remain the Nemerow Index formula´s former advantages, for instance, sensitively reflecting high concentration pollutant´s affects and carrying out water quality comprehensive assessment in simple and reasonable way. The new formed model is suitable to both usual assessment on water quality and quick assessment on water pollution accident.

Keywords

environmental science computing; fuzzy systems; hydrological techniques; rivers; water pollution; water quality; Chengdu city; Fu Nan River; Nemerow Index; Nemerow Pollution Index; analysis sample; fuzzy concept; integrated water quality comprehensive assessment model; vague sets; water pollution accident; water quality assessment; Accidents; Cities and towns; Fuzzy sets; Pollution measurement; Quality assessment; Rivers; Sea measurements; Set theory; Testing; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515082

Filename

5515082