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NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK ‐ DESIGN AND FIRST YEAR'S OPERATION 1
Author(s) -
Smith D. G.,
McBride G. B.
Publication year - 1990
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.1752-1688.1990.tb01411.x
Subject(s) - underpinning , agency (philosophy) , quality assurance , multitude , sampling (signal processing) , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , sampling design , field (mathematics) , water quality , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental science , business , systems engineering , operations research , engineering , operations management , telecommunications , civil engineering , political science , detector , sociology , philosophy , population , social science , mathematics , law , ecology , external quality assessment , biology , epistemology , mechanical engineering , demography , pure mathematics
ABSTRACT: The design and implementation of a national surface water quality monitoring network for New Zealand are described. Some of the lessons learned from the first year of operation are also addressed. Underpinning the design, and specified in advance, are the goal and objectives, the data quality assurance system, and the mechanism for data interpretation and reporting. Because of the difficulties associated with the use of a multitude of different agencies, only one agency is involved in field work and one laboratory undertakes the analysis. Staff training has been given a high priority. The network has been designed to give good trend detectability for regular sampling over a 5–10 year period.