Water quality monitoring : a practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes / edited by Jamie Bartram and Richard Ballance.

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TextPublication details: London : Spon, 1996.Description: xii,383p. : ill., maps ; 24cmISBN:

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Water quality monitoring is an essential tool in the management of water resources and this book comprehensively covers the entire monitoring operation.
This important text is the outcome of a collborative programme of activity between UNEP and WHO with inputs from WMO and UNESCO and draws on the international standards of the International Organization of Standardization.

Published on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction
Elements of a water quality monitoring programme
Monitoring for management
Monitoring and assessment
Water Quality
Characteristics of surface waters
Characteristics of groundwater
Natural processes affecting water quality
Water use and water quality deterioration
Water and human health
Source literature and further reading
Designing a monitoring programme
Purpose of monitoring
The need for information for management
Objectives of water quality monitoring
Preliminary surveys
Description of the monitoring area
Selecting sampling sites
Selecting sampling stations
Monitoring media and variables
Frequency and timing of sampling
Source literature and further reading
Resources for a monitoring programme
Laboratory facilities
Transport
Staffing
Human resources development and training
Communication
Inventory of sampling stations
Schedules for sampling expeditions
Source literature and further reading
Field work and sampling
Sample containers
Types of sample
Water samplers
Manual sampling procedures
Recording field observations
Sample preservation
Transportation and storage of samples
Reception of samples by the laboratory
Safety during field work
Source literature and further reading
Field testing methods
Temperature
Transparency
pH
Conductivity (or specfic conducture)
Dissolved oxygen
Thermotolerant (faecal) coliforms
Quality assurance in the field
Source literature and further reading
Physical and shemical analyses
Preparation and use of chemical reagents
Akalinity
Aluminium
Biochemical oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Boron
Calcium
Chloride
Chlorophyll a
Fluoride
Iron
Magnesium
Manganese
Nitrogen, ammonia
Nitrogen, kjeldahl
Nitrogen, nitrate
Nitrogen, nitrite
Phosphorus
Potassium
Selenium
Reactive silica
Sodium
Sulphate
Total dissolved solids
Total suspended solids
Source literature and further reading
Advanced instrumental analysis
Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS)
Gas chromatography
Flame photometry
Total, organic and inorganic carbon
Source literature and further reading
Analytical quality assurance
Quality assurance
Internal quality control
External quality control
Source literature and further reading
Microbilogical Analyses
Characteristics of indicator organisms
Selecting a bacteriological analytical technique
Multiple fermentation tube technique
Membrane filter technique
Quality assurance
Source literature and further reading
Biological monitoring
Selection of appropriate methods and organisms
Ecological methods
Measurement of chlrorphyll a
Physiological techniques
Controlled biotests
Contaminats in biological tissues
Site selection and sampling frequency
Quality assurance
Source literature and further reading
Hydrological measurements
Rivers
Lakes and reservoirs
Mass flux computation
Groundwater
Source literature and further reading
Sediment measurements
Types of sediment transport
Sediment measurement
Sampling for sediment
Measuring suspended sediment
Sediment quality
Source literature and further reading
Use and reporting of monitoring data
Quality assurance of data
Data handling and management
Basic statistical analysis
Use of data and the need for supporting information
Simle graphical presentation of results
Reporting
Recommendations
Source literature and further reading
Appendix 1 Portable filed kits
Index