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Current Status of Monitoring Networks and Design Procedures

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Water Quality Monitoring Network Design

Part of the book series: Water Science and Technology Library ((WSTL,volume 33))

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Considering the current problems in water quality management, this chapter is intended to review the current status of monitoring networks and design procedures on examples from developed and developing countries. This review covers details of the network design problem with respect to monitoring objectives, sampling sites, time frequencies, sampling duration, and variables to be sampled. Shortcomings of current monitoring programs and design procedures are assessed to infer on requirements for better designs.

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    Nilgun B. Harmancioglu, Okan Fistikoglu & Sevinc D. Ozkul

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

  3. Environmental Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    M. Necdet Alpaslan

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Harmancioglu, N.B., Fistikoglu, O., Ozkul, S.D., Singh, V.P., Alpaslan, M.N. (1999). Current Status of Monitoring Networks and Design Procedures. In: Water Quality Monitoring Network Design. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9155-3_2

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