Water Quality Monitoring: A Practical Guide to the Design and Implementation of Freshwater Quality Studies and Monitoring Programmes

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Summary: The complete picture on Water Quality Monitoring
Review: Everybody is talking about water quality and water resource monitoring but action is harder to find...

This book, edited by Bartram and Ballance, brings together key people from around the globe to present the complete, practical picture on water quality monitoring for freshwaters. The list of affiliations reads like a who's who in water management.

The book covers the spectrum of water quality monitoring, from selection of sites, parameters and frequency of sampling through to analysis of samples and reporting of information. On the way, the contributors detail field techniques, personnel management, quality assurance as well as the essential components of physical, chemical, microbiological, biological, hydrological and sediment analyses. Reference to further literature is also provided.

Importantly, this book provides a global perspective on the monitoring and management of a global resource.

Practical and useful!