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Statistical needs in national water quality monitoring programs

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The concept that a few well chosen, strategically placed, water quality stations can provide valuable scientific information to water managers is common to many countries. Historically within Canada, water quality regional networks (Great Lakes network, Prairie Provinces Water Board network, Long Range Transport of Airborne Pollutants network, etc.) have been successfully operating for many years. This paper will describe the difficulties associated with developing a national water quality network for a country the size of Canada. In particular, it will describe some of the statistical tools presently being used in regional networks which are suitable for a national network, and discuss the need to develop new statistical tools for environmental monitoring in the 1990's.

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Kwiatkowski, R.E. Statistical needs in national water quality monitoring programs. Environ Monit Assess 17, 253–271 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399307

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