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CONSOLIDATION OF A STREAM QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK 1
Author(s) -
Letternmaier Dennis P.,
Anderson Dale E.,
Brenner Robert N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1984.tb02829.x
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , metropolitan area , depreciation (economics) , environmental science , computer science , scope (computer science) , hydrology (agriculture) , operations research , water resource management , environmental resource management , engineering , geography , business , profit (economics) , geotechnical engineering , accounting , archaeology , financial capital , economics , programming language , capital formation , microeconomics
A method for systematic consolidation of a fixed station water quality monitoring network using dynamic programming is described. The approach utilizes a hierarchical structure; stations are allocated to what are termed primary basins on the basis of a weighted attribute score, and specific station locations within each primary basin are specified using a criterion based on stream order numbers. The method has been applied to the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) stream and river quality monitoring network. The results aided in a 1982 metro decision to reduce the scope of its fixed station monitoring from 81 to 47 stations, at an annual savings of approximately $33,000 per year exclusive of equipment depreciation and indirect costs.