Evaluation of site-specific water quality guideline performance for aluminum and iron in select surface water monitoring stations in New Brunswick

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dc.contributor.advisorGray, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Fang
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:16:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:16:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractWe were interested in the development of Site-Specific Water Quality Guidelines (SS-WQGs) within the Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) model, due to high natural background concentration levels of aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe) in some freshwater bodies throughout New Brunswick (NB). This report presents the adaptation and implementation of an existing CCME-approved SS-WQG method called the background concentration (BC) procedure, into the CWQI model. The effects of using five different BC based SS-WQGs (mean; median; mean + SD; 90th percentile; mean + 2SD) at eight selected reference monitoring stations across NB are examined and compared. The recommendations for SS-WQGs for Al and Fe at eight reference stations are also provided in this report. Mean + 2SD was observed to give the highest WQI scores improvement among the five BC-based SS-WQGs. Keywords: aluminum, iron, site-specific water quality guidelines, background concentration procedure, water quality index, CCME, New Brunswick
dc.description.copyright© Fang Yuan, 2018
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dc.format.extentv, 26 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13158
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineForestry and Environmental Management
dc.titleEvaluation of site-specific water quality guideline performance for aluminum and iron in select surface water monitoring stations in New Brunswick
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineForestry and Environmental Management
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Forestry
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.F.

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