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Table 5 Classification criterions of agricultural environment quality

From: Pilot-scale electro-kinetic remediation of lead polluted field sediments: model designation, numerical simulation, and feasibility evaluation

Value of the IICQa

Environment quality state

IICQ ≤ 1

Clean (I)

1 < IICQ ≤ 2

Light polluted (II)

2 < IICQ ≤ 3

Light polluted (III)

3 < IICQ ≤ 5

Moderate polluted (IV)

> 5

Severe polluted (V)

  1. aInfluence index of comprehensive quality for agro-ecosystem (IICQ): the index for assessing the quality of both soils and agricultural products