| Author | Sabur, Rokeya Rahman |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. EV-87-2 |
| Subject(s) | Drinking water--Standards--Bangladesh
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | In this research a drinking water quality i ndex (WQID) was deve loped
which represented the integrated effect of the 7 water quality parameters
considered in this study and emphasized on diarrhoeal disease assessment
and control. The developed WQID was based on the WHO (1971-1984 ) dri nking
wat er standards and the actual field data obtained from Bangladesh .
The suitability and application of the deve loped index was validated
with some se l ected field data of Thailand. It was found that t he developed index was reasonably sensitive to changes in the water quality
parameter 's values , especially the faecal coliform data which is important and rel evant for drinking purpose as we ll as occurrences of
diarrhoeal diseases.
Finally it was found that, poss ibly t here will be no incidences of
diarrhoea within the WQID range of 90-100 . Thus acceptabl e quality for
drinking purpose was set in the 90-100 range of the WQID scale . |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chongrak Polprasert |
| Examination Committee(s) | I, Fude ;Orth, Hermann M.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Norwegian Government - NORAD
Scholarship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |