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Water quality evaluation system to assess the status and the suitability of the Citarum river water to different uses

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Water quality degradation in the Citarum river will increase from the year to year due to increasing pollutant loads when released particularly from Bandung region of the upstream areas into the river without treatment. This will be facing the problems on water quality status to use for multi-purposes in the downstream areas. The water quality evaluation system is used to evaluate the available water condition that distinguishes into two categories, i.e., the water quality index (WQI) and water quality aptitude (WQA). The assessment of water quality for the Citarum river from 10 selected stations was found that the WQI situates in the bad category generally and the WQA ranges from the suitable quality for agriculture and livestock watering uses to the unsuitable for biological potential function, drinking water production, and leisure activities and sports in the upstream areas of Saguling dam generally.

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  1. Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, 86400, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

    Mohamad Ali Fulazzaky

  2. Directorate General of Water Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Public Works, Jalan Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Mohamad Ali Fulazzaky

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Fulazzaky, M.A. Water quality evaluation system to assess the status and the suitability of the Citarum river water to different uses. Environ Monit Assess 168, 669–684 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-1142-z

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