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In recent years, shortcomings of both the available data on water quality and the existing networks have led designers to focus more critically on the design procedures used. Within this respect, this chapter addresses the prevailing problems associated with water quality monitoring networks and discusses current attempts towards improvement of existing networks.
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Harmancioglu, N.B., Ozkul, S.D., Alpaslan, M.N. (1998). Water Quality Monitoring and Network Design. In: Harmancioglu, N.B., Singh, V.P., Alpaslan, M.N. (eds) Environmental Data Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9056-3_4
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