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Water Quality Index of the National Science Fundation has been deduced for the special conditions of the USA'S rivers, howewer, It has been used for many countries of the world. Weigths for variables in the Water Quality Index, was proposed in consideration of characteristics of contaminant charge, asociate with particular production process. This considerations let us to think about index validity in our especific topic conditions. In this paper we explore about this question, based in measures maked in the Cali and Meléndez rivers, in Cali - Colombia.

Roberto Behar G.

Profesor titular - Departamento de Producción e investigación de Operaciones - Facultad de ingeniería - Universidad del Valle

María del Carmen Zúñiga de Cardozo

Profesor titular - Departamento de Procesos Quimicos y Biológicos - Facultad de ingeniería - Universidad del Valle

Olga Rojas Ch.

Profesor titular - Departamento de Procesos Quimicos y Biológicos - Facultad de ingeniería - Universidad del Valle
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Behar G. R, Zúñiga de Cardozo M del C, Rojas Ch. O. Análisis y Valoración del Índice de Calidad de Agua (ICA) de la NSF: Casos Ríos Cali y Meléndez. inycomp [Internet]. 1997 May 3 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];1(1):17-2. Available from: https://revistaingenieria.univalle.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria_y_competitividad/article/view/2361