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Selection of Water Quality Monitoring Stations

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Water Quality Management

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Due to financial constraints and improper selection of water quality stations considering the objective of water uses, water quality monitoring network design is an efficient method to manage water quality. The most crucial part is to find appropriate locations for monitoring stations. In the past, most of water quality selection stations were subjective and the designs on the network had some human error. However, now there are several mathematical methods using experimental data for assessment of existing monitoring stations or designing new network such as Sanders method, multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) and dynamic programming approach (DPA) that developed by researchers. In the following chapter, after reviewing the historical background of developing and application of the methods, the theory of these methods was described in details. Finally, the application of the Sanders Method to design number of water quality monitoring stations in the Kārūn River which located in the south west of Iran was studied.

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Asadollahfardi, G. (2015). Selection of Water Quality Monitoring Stations. In: Water Quality Management. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44725-3_2

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