Design of water quality information systems : proceedings of an international symposium held at Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., June 7-9, 1989 / edited by Robert C. Ward, Jim Loftis, Graham McBride; sponsored by Colorado State University [and] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with American Geophysical Union [and others].

Cover title: Proceedings, International Symposium on the Design of Water Quality Information Systems.

Includes bibliographical references.

OPENING SESSION -- Welcome / Neil Grigg -- Opening Remarks / Robert Ward -- Keynote Address / Marshall Moss -- Water Quality Data in the Information Age: How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going? -- Response -- Why Monitor? / Jay Messer -- Water Quality Information Systems: Past, Present and Future - An Industrial Perspective / Jay Messer -- Evolution of a Water Utility's Water Quality Information System / Douglas Bloem -- SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO MONITORING SYSTEM DESIGN -- A Systems Approach to Design / Robert Ward -- Water Quality Branch Monitoring Activities: A Dynamic Approach to
Evolving Issues / T.J. Dafoe -- Reasons We Should (But Often Don't) Use Monitoring Information in EPA /State Surface Water Quality Programs / Wayne Praskins -- Initiation of a National Water Quality Monitoring Network for New Zealand / D.G. Smith and G.B. McBride -- Water Quality Monitoring System in Queensland / W.A. Poplawski and A. McNeil -- STATISTICAL ASPECTS OF MONITORING SYSTEM DESIGN -- Use of Distribution Plots and Trend Analyses to Evaluate Sampling Frequency at Water-Quality Monitoring Sites / David Mueller -- Survey Design and Interpretation of Results in Illinois Groundwater Studies / Susan C. Schock, Edward Mehnert and Dennis McKenna -- Determining and Increasing the Statistical Sensitivity of Nonpoint Source Control Grab Sample Monitoring Programs / J. Spooner, D. Dickey, L. Nelson and J. Gilliam -- Determination of Sampling Frequency for Pollutant Load Estimation Using Flow Information Only / Peter Richards -- Methodology for the Planning and Operation of a Water Quality Network with Temporal and Spatial Objectives: Application to Acid Lakes in Quebec / Marius Lachance, B. Bobee and J. Haemmerli -- Regional Surface Water Quality Characteristics of Nebraska / Norman Crisp -- ENSURING ADEQUACY OF DATA RECORDS FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- Quality Control in the Analysis of Trace Metals in Groundwater: A Case Study from Lake Tyrrell Region, Victoria, Australia / W.B. Lyons and Susan Welch, David Long, Mark Hines, and P.G. Macumber -- Water Quality Monitoring: Methods for System Error / Steve Porter and Robert Ward -- Laboratory Information Management: An Integral Part of Water Quality Monitoring Systems / Henk van Vliet and Pauline Albertyn -- Groundwater Quality Information System / Arun Deb, Shi-Tao and Anthony Kreamer -- Overcoming Technological Difficulties in Continuous Water Quality Monitoring / Michael Enos, Brad Piehl, Richard Spotts, and Douglas Greer -- MANAGING WATER QUALITY DATA RECORDS ON COMPUTERS -- Illinois Water Inventory Program / James Kirk -- NAQUADAT, A Redesigned Data Base / Peter Brooksbank -- Overview of Water Quality Information Systems from a Steering Committee Perspective / Rod Frederick -- Analysis and Integration of Ecological Monitoring Data / Edward Barrows -- MANAGING DATA/REPORTING INFORMATION -- Data Management for a Federal Superfund Site: A Practical Perspective / Jonathon Goldman -- Data Management System in Support of a Ground Water Remediation Program / Lisa Riedle and Gregg Gibbons -- Managing Data from a Large-scale Groundwater Monitoring Program / Robert Lorenz and William Fay -- Computerized Urban Runoff Water-Quality Data Handling Begins With Electronic Data Collection and Laboratory Reporting / James Kunkel and Tim Steele -- BANQUET ADDRESS -- Management of Water Eco-Systems as Quality Control Units / Speaker: John Cairns, Jr -- DATA ANALYSIS -- The Bull Run Watershed as a Water Quality Information System / Ruth Tracy and Bruce McCammon -- A Groundwater Monitoring Program for the Santa Cruz River, Pima County, Arizona / Phillip Patterson, David Eaker and David Esposito -- WQSTAT II: A Data Analysis Software Package Developed for Water Quality Data / Jim Loftis -- CASE STUDIES -- The Development and Implementation of an Investigation into the Source and Extent of Sediment Contamination in an Isolated Arm of Lake Turman, Missouri / K.D. Lawrence, Tom Holloway, N.H. Crisp and J.E. Joslin -- GIS Applications in Management of Non-Point Source Control Programs / Carol Cox Russell -- An Estuarine Water Quality Information System / Robert Magnien and Michael Haire -- Development and Implementation of Design Procedures for Environmental Monitoring Systems / Tom Greengard -- CASE STUDY: THE TIME PROJECT -- The TIME Project: An Overview / Alison K Pollack and Jesse Ford -- Site Selection Procedures for Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) / T.C. Young and J. Ford -- Estimation of Wet Deposition to Surface Water Systems for the TIME Project: A Geographic Approach / C. Daly -- What Can Biological Monitoring Tell Us About Environmental Health? / R.M. Hughes -- Testing for Trend in Water Quality Data / J.C. Loftis and C.H. Taylor -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.

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