Title:
Water quality monitoring : a practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes
Publication Information:
London : E & FN Spon, 1996
ISBN:
9780419223207
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Summary
Summary
Water quality monitoring is a fundamental tool in the management of freshwater resources, and this book covers the entire monitoring process providing detailed guidance for implementing a monitoring network with step-by-step descriptions of field and laboratory methods.
Author Notes
Bartram, Jamie; Ballance, Richard
Table of Contents
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 |