PORT CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Workshop on

Introduction to
Water Quality Index (WQI)
River Pollution Index (RPI)
Md. Mehedi Hassan Masum
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
Port City International University

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Water Quality Index (WQI)?

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 WQI
•  The water quality index,  Where,

• The quality rating scale,

• The unit weight,

• Proportionality Constant,

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Table: WQI range, status and possible usage of the water sample

Water quality
WQI Possible usage
status (WQS)
0–25 Excellent Drinking, irrigation and industrial

26–50 Good Drinking, irrigation and industrial

51–75 Poor Irrigation and industrial
76–100 Very Poor Irrigation
Unsuitable for
>100 drinking and fish Proper treatment required before use
culture

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Water Quality Experimental BECR, 1997,

Vi (1/Vs) K Wi Qi QiWi WQI Status Possible usage
Parameters Value, Va Vs

pH 7 7 9.2 0.108696 0.1751 0.0190 0.000 0.00

Color 30 0 25 0.04 0.1751 0.0070 120.000 0.84
Turbidity 234 0 30 0.033333 0.1751 0.0058 780.000 4.55
EC 200 0 1200 0.000833 0.1751 0.0001 16.667 0.00
Salinity 50 0 100 0.01 0.1751 0.0018 50.000 0.09
Drinking,
55.17 Good Irrigation and
TDS 20 0 1000 0.001 0.1751 0.0002 2.000 0.00
industrial

TSS 5 0 10 0.1 0.1751 0.0175 50.000 0.88

DO 3 14.6 6 0.166667 0.1751 0.0292 134.884 3.94
COD 1 0 4 0.25 0.1751 0.0438 25.000 1.09
BOD5 (20'C) 0.1 0 0.2 5 0.1751 0.8756 50.000 43.78

∑1/Vs 5.710529 ∑Wi 1.0000 ∑QiWi 52.68

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Sample
  calculation (i.e.DO)
 
3 mg/L

mg/L
Similar calculation need to be done for all parameters.

Similar
  calculation need to be
  = 134.88
done for all parameters.

Similar calculation need to be done for all parameters.

  𝑄 𝑖 𝑊 𝑖 55.17
 
𝑊𝑄𝐼 =
∑ = =55.17
𝑊𝑖 1.00

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River Pollution Index (RPI)?

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RPI refers to the arithmetic average of these index scores with respect to
the water quality:

  4
1
𝑅𝑃𝐼 = ∑ 𝑆 𝑖
4 𝑖= 0

where
Si = the index scores based on Table 1
RPI value ranges from 1 to 10.

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River Pollution Index (RPI)

Rank
Items Negligibly Moderately Severely
Unpolluted
population polluted polluted
DO (mg/L) Above 6.5 4.5-6.5 2.0-4.5 Under 2.0
BOD5 (mg/L) Under 3.0 3.0-4.9 5.0-15 Above 15
SS (mg/L) Under 20 20-49 50-100 Above 100
NH3-N (mg/L) Under 0.5 0.5-0.99 1.0-3.0 Above 3
Index Scores (Si) 1 3 6 10
RPI Under 2 2.0-3.0 3.1-6.0 Above 6.0

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WQ items Experimental DataIndex Score

DO (mg/L) 2 6
BOD5 (mg/L) 1 1
SS (mg/L) 50 6
NH3-N (mg/L) 5 10
Total Point 23
RPI =23/4=5.75

Status Moderately
polluted

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