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dc.contributor.authorPattiyage, I-
dc.contributor.authorGomes, A-
dc.contributor.authorKarunatilaka, P. D-
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-18T08:52:08Z-
dc.date.available2022-07-18T08:52:08Z-
dc.date.issued2022-07-10-
dc.identifier.issn1520-6483-
dc.identifier.urihttp://rda.sliit.lk/handle/123456789/2790-
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the water quality variation spanning 30 years (1986–2017) in 16 catchments of Hong Kong against different urbanization indices, namely, built area fraction; population; and product of population and built area fraction. Pearson correlations of three different periods of time (1988–1990, 1998–2000, and 2015–2017) indicated that water quality trends were dependent on the urbanization index. Total solids, nitrite-nitrogen, total phosphorus, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and flow rate had significant deteriorative trends (Pearson r > 0.5 and p < 0.05) with population and product of built area and population. Results also interpreted that built area fraction and product of built area and population were the worst and best indices that represented urbanization and/or its impacts, respectively. Mann-Kendall test for the entire 30 year period showed that water quality had improved with time with respect to certain water quality parameters (e.g., dissolved oxygen, ammoniacal nitrogen and total suspended solids). The results portrayed that although the urbanization of catchments had increased with time, the river water quality with respect to many parameters showed signs of improvement and the legislative measures implemented seemed to be effective in controlling pollution.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWilyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironmental Quality Management;Volume 31, Issue 4-
dc.subjectlong-term water quality trendsen_US
dc.subjectMann-Kendall testen_US
dc.subjectPearson correlationen_US
dc.subjecturbanization indicesen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.titleInvestigation of long-term river water quality variations using different urbanization indices and assessment of common scientific perspectives of urbanization on water qualityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi.org/10.1002/tqem.21900en_US
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