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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Environmental Protection</journalTitle>
<eissn>2328-7233</eissn>
<publicationDate>2020-05-24</publicationDate>
<volume>8</volume>
<issue>2</issue>
<startPage>34</startPage>
<endPage>42</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/env-8-2-1</doi>
<publisherRecordId>ENV2020821</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Comparative Study of Physico-chemical Parameters to Understand Water Quality of the Two Freshwater Rivers - Me and Agneby - Cote d'Ivoire</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>BAMBA mamadou</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>NZI Konan Gervais</name>
<email>nzi.gervais@ufhb.edu.ci</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>OUATTARA Mamadou</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>NGORAN Kouakou Eli¨¦zer</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>

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<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Bioscience Training and Research Unit, F¨¦lix Houphou?t-Boigny University, Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire</affiliationName>



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<abstract language="eng">The present study aims to compare physico-chemical parameters of Agneby and Me rivers of C&#244;te d'Ivoire. A total of eight (8) physico-chemical parameters were determined in nine (9) localities surveyed on both the Agneby and Me Rivers. Sampling were carried out on a seasonal frequency between August 2015 and July 2016. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of both rivers showed that Agneby River localities were characterized by warm water (27.08 &#177; 0.87&#176;C), neutral pH (7.07 &#177; 0.26), high salinity (0.05 &#177; 0.04 ¡ë), relatively high levels of dissolved substances (58.01 &#177; 32.19 mg/L), and low resistivity (26.97 &#177; 22.46 k¦¸/cm) compared to Me River localities. Bravais Pearson correlation matrix between physico-chemical parameters of both rivers showed a strongly significant positive correlation between salinity and conductivity (0.89), salinity (0.90) and TDS, conductivity (0.91) and total dissolved solids, and a negative highly correlation was observed respectively between pH and redox potential (-0.75), pH and resistivity (-0.73), resistivity and total dissolved solids (-0.64), resistivity and conductivity (-0.57) and between resistivity and salinity (-0.57).</abstract>
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<keywords language="eng"><keyword>physicochemical parameters</keyword>
<keyword>water quality</keyword>
<keyword>Agneby River</keyword>
<keyword>Me River</keyword>
<keyword>Cote d¡¯Ivoire</keyword>
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