Evaluation of the water quality of a highly polluted stream with water quality indices and health risk assessment methods

M Varol, C Tokatlı - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The water quality of Çorlu Stream, located in the Thrace region of Türkiye, and exposed to
intense industrial pressure, was evaluated by monitoring 10 toxic metals and 13 other water …

A review on contaminants of emerging concern in the environment: a focus on active chemicals in Sub-Saharan Africa

AS Ripanda, MJ Rwiza, EC Nyanza, KN Njau… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Active chemicals are among the contaminants of emerging concern that are rarely covered
in regulatory documents in sub-Saharan Africa. These substances are neither in the list of …

Water quality assessment of the Karasu River (Turkey) using various indices, multivariate statistics and APCS-MLR model

M Varol, G Karakaya, K Alpaslan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining the water quality status of a river and accurately identifying potential pollution
sources threatening the river are pillars in effective control of pollution and sustainable water …

Ecological and health risk assessment and quantitative source apportionment of dissolved metals in ponds used for drinking and irrigation purposes

C Tokatlı, M Varol, F Ustaoğlu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, dissolved metal levels of 10 different ponds used as irrigation and drinking
water sources in the north of Saros Bay (Türkiye) were evaluated using multivariate …

Ecotoxicological evaluation of organic contamination in the world's two significant gateways to the Black Sea using GIS techniques: Turkish Straits

C Tokatlı, A Uğurluoğlu, S Muhammad - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was carried out to determine the spatial-temporal distributions of limnological
parameters of Çanakkale Strait (ÇS) and İstanbul Strait (İS), Turkiye. Fluvial (n= 11) and …

Assessing surface water quality in Hungary's Danube basin using geochemical modeling, multivariate analysis, irrigation indices, and Monte Carlo simulation

O Saeed, A Székács, G Jordán, M Mörtl… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Evaluation of water quality is crucial for managing surface water effectively,
ensuring its suitability for human use, and sustaining the environment. In the lower Danube …

Application of multivariate statistical analysis in the development of a surrogate water quality index (WQI) for South African watersheds

TD Banda, M Kumarasamy - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water quality indices (WQIs) are customarily associated with heavy data input demand,
making them more rigorous and bulky. Such burdensome attributes are too taxing, time …

Hydrochemistry, water quality and health risk assessment of streams in Bismil plain, an important agricultural area in southeast Türkiye

Ş Çankaya, M Varol, A Bekleyen - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the water quality of Ambar, Kuruçay, Pamuk and Salat streams, which are the
important tributaries of the Tigris River in the Bismil Plain (Diyarbakır, Türkiye) was assessed …

Hydrochemical appraisal of surface water from a subtropical urban river in southwestern Bangladesh using indices, GIS, and multivariate statistical analysis

RS Shammi, MS Hossain, MH Kabir, MS Islam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Gorai River is a significant river in Bangladesh's southwestern region, where
residents make great use of the water despite a lack of adequate and reliable information …

[HTML][HTML] Macroinvertebrate communities and physicochemical characteristics along an anthropogenic stress gradient in a southern Nigeria stream: Implications for …

UN Keke, MO Omoigberale, I Ezenwa, A Yusuf… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollution of water has become an urgent management challenge across the
world. We explored benthic macroinvertebrates community structure in relation to …