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Finally, it was analyzed that performing river water quality evaluation using the major variables selected using statistical analysis reflects the current water quality status of the river in more detail. (WQI grade was S1 Good (63.0), S2 Poor (53.3), S3 Excellent (98.4), S4 Poor (48.4), S5 (Excellent (100.0), S6 Good (77.6), S7 Good (76.2), S8 Good (76.5), S9 Good (69.9), S10 Excellent (81.5), S11 Good (71.2), S12 Good (63.1), and S13 Good (63.5).) Our method effectively reduced the number of variables required for index calculation compared with WQI methods of the MOE. 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