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The role of effluent monitoring in environmental control

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Using effluent data from a British Columbia pulp mill, the authors demonstrate certain critical deficiencies associated with currently emplaced monitoring systems. The principal ingredient in effective environmental control is information, and current monitoring regimes entail an unacceptable level of information loss. Composite sampling systems fail to provide the two key types of information required for effective environmental control: (i) a high representational accuracy of the effluent profile; and (ii) the detection of most or all pollutant releases with potentially serious environmental consequences. In light of these conclusions, the authors make several recommendations concerning current and alternative sampling regimes.

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  1. Division of Policy Analysis, Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, B. C., Vancouver, V6T 1W5, Canada

    Peter N. Nemetz & Hebert D. Drechsler

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  1. Peter N. Nemetz
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Nemetz, P.N., Drechsler, H.D. The role of effluent monitoring in environmental control. Water Air Soil Pollut 10, 477–497 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00250013

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