Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Long-term proficiency testing for the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network

  • Practitioner's Report
  • Published:
Accreditation and Quality Assurance Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A series of proficiency test rounds to support the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network has been conducted since the inception of the Network in 1988. These tests provide an illustration of the accuracy and comparability of analysis for laboratories that supply data to the Network. A summary of the tests is reported. Performance with respect to accuracy targets defined for the Network has been shown to be satisfactory for the majority of measurands of interest in studies of surface water acidification.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Monteith DT, Evans CD (1998) 10 year UKAWMN report analysis and interpretation of results April 1988–March 1998. ENSIS Publishing, London. March 2000 ISBN 1 871275 26 1

  2. Aquacheck (2007) International proficiency testing for chemical analytical laboratories http://www.lgcpt.com/scheme.aspx?SchemeID=77

  3. Grubbs F (1969) Procedures for detecting outlying observations in samples. Technometrics 11(1):1–21

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. ISO/TR 13530 (1999) “Guide to analytical quality control for water analysis”

  5. Timmerman JG, Gardner MJ, Ravenscroft JE (1996) UN/ECE task force on monitoring and assessment, vol 4–Quality assurance ISBN 9036945860

  6. Dobson JE, Gardner MJ, Griffiths AH, Jessep MA, Ravenscroft JE (1997) The UK National Marine AQC Scheme. Accredit Qual Assur 2(6):294–399

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Dixon EM, Gardner MJ (1998) Reactive aluminium in UK surface waters. Chem Spec Bioavail 10(1):11–17

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Gardner MJ (1989) A comparison of two different approaches to analytical quality control. In: Pesticides: analytical requirements for compliance with EC directives, water pollution report no. 11, Commission of the European Communities

  9. Gardner MJ, Dobbs AJ (2004) How well should laboratories perform in proficiency tests? J Environ Monit 6:559–562

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The author acknowledges substantial technical contribution of participating laboratories to this work and the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for its support of the Acid Waters Monitoring Network.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. WRc, Frankland Road, Blagrove, Swindon, Wilts, SN5 8YF, UK

    Mike Gardner

Authors
  1. Mike Gardner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mike Gardner.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gardner, M. Long-term proficiency testing for the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network. Accred Qual Assur 13, 255–260 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0367-9

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0367-9

Keywords

Search

Navigation