If the index is less than 1, the plant's performance is excellent and it is meeting all the standards. The standards have been exceeded. There are three other drinking water indices calculated using the QI . It is a condition of cloudy or muddy water that can be seen by the naked eye. It is important to control turbidity in drinking water for health and aesthetic reasons.
Total phosphorus is an important measurement.
If the phosphorus level is too high, there will be too many aquatic plants and algae, which, in the long term, chokes bodies of water and wipes out the organisms living in them. The data collected are sent to the Biosph re for compilation and analysis. The Biosph re disseminates the data to the public through articles, lectures, its exhibition halls and Internet site. All municipalities that draw their drinking water from and discharge wastewater into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system can become ecowatchers.