Publication: Determinants of Declining Water Quality
Date
2019-12-19
ISSN
Published
2019-12-19
Author(s)
Ayana, Essayas
Abstract
This is a background paper for
"Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis."
(Report No. 140973)This review examines determinants of poor
water quality and natural and anthropomorphic factors
determining water quality. It also discusses various water
quality parameter measurement tools that can be applied in
situ or remotely to assess water quality easily so
measurements can be used to evaluate the economic impact of
poor water quality. The correlation of water quality
indicators to determinants (natural or anthropogenic) is
also summarized based on the abundance of literature
supporting the relationship. In doing so, this paper takes a
thematic approach and applied the following search phrases
to the literature review: "determinants of (parameter)
in surface water," "drivers of (parameter) in
surface water," and "remote sensing techniques to
estimate (parameter)."
Citation
“Ayana, Essayas. 2019. Determinants of Declining Water Quality. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33224 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”