REAL TIME MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY IN RIVERS

摘要

Water quality monitoring has always been limited by the logistics and cost of collecting and analysing grab samples. On line measurements were also limited to a few relatively basic parameters. This paper focuses on new technology now proving itself as a reliable source of a very large amount of relevant data for all forms of water management, both in rivers and reservoirs.rnA high quality field version of the online UV/Vis full spectrum spectrophotometer coupled with a modern computer and maths processing has been used in a number of field applications in New Zealand and AustraliarnThis paper provides case studies to introduce the potential of such data to answer existing queries, highlight unrecognised issues and indicate a pathway for researchers and managers in the water industry.