[Water Pollution Characteristics and Source Apportionment in Rapid Urbanization Region of the Lower Yangtze River: Considering the Qinhuai River Catchment].

Clarifying the current situation of regional water pollutants and the relationship between pollutants and pollution sources is considered essential for managing the water environment. Water quality identification index (WQI), cluster analysis (CA), positive matrix factorization (PMF), and stable isotope analysis in R (SIAR) were employed to interpret a large and complex water quality data set of the Qinhuai River catchment generated during 2015 to 2019 to monitor of 11 parameters at 29 different sampling sites. WQI analysis indicated that water quality in Qinhuai River catchment is considered to have "moderate pollution," and an improving trend of water quality was observed at the interannual scale.