European Freshwater Monitoring Network Design

Cover Image — 05 May 2009

Title — 19 Dec 2008

Table of Contents — 19 Dec 2008

Executive Summary — 19 Dec 2008

1. Introduction — 19 Dec 2008

2. Steps in Designing the Network — 19 Dec 2008

3. Information Requirements of the EEA — 19 Dec 2008

4. Need for Different Types of Monitoring Station — 19 Dec 2008

5. Representativeness of Current Monitoring Programmes — 19 Dec 2008

6. Existing Sources of Monitoring Information — 19 Dec 2008

7. Options for the Basis of the EEA Monitoring Network — 19 Dec 2008

8. Proposed River Monitoring Network — 19 Dec 2008

9. Proposed Lake/Reservoir Monitoring Network — 19 Dec 2008

10. Proposed Groundwater Monitoring Network — 19 Dec 2008

11. Monitoring Methodology — 19 Dec 2008

12. Quality Control and Assurance — 19 Dec 2008

13. Assessment of Information Gaps in Existing Monitoring — 19 Dec 2008

14 Conclusions — 19 Dec 2008

15. Recommendations — 19 Dec 2008

16. Acknowledgements — 19 Dec 2008

References — 19 Dec 2008

Appendix A. List of Databases; Monitoring Programmes and Contact Organisations — 19 Dec 2008

Appendix B. Automatic Water Quality Monitoring — 19 Dec 2008

Appendix C. Commonly Used Analytical Methods — 19 Dec 2008