Statistical Methods for the Assessment of Point Source Pollution

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Setting and Detecting Compliance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Some Statistical Considerations in the Assessment of Compliance

      • S. R. Esterby

      Pages 3-12

   3. A Proposed MISA Approach to Setting Limits and Assessing Compliance

      • A. Sharma, D. Weatherbe, C. Inniss

      Pages 13-28

   4. Use of Statistical Methods in Industrial Water Pollution Control Regulations in the United States

      • Henry D. Kahn, Marvin B. Rubin

      Pages 29-48

   5. Continuous Effluent Consents: Modelling and Compliance Testing

      • R. W. Crabtree, C. P. Crockett, J. C. Ellis

      Pages 49-64

   6. Auditing the Quality of Effluent Discharges

      • A. E. Warn

      Pages 65-81

3. Trend Detection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Intervention Analysis in Environmental Engineering

      • Keith W. Hipel, A. Ian McLeod

      Pages 85-101

   3. The Effect of Autocorrelated Errors on Change-Detection Statistics

      • S. M. Tang, I. B. Macneill

      Pages 103-126

   4. Time Series Analysis of Unequally Spaced Observations - With Applications to Copper Contamination of the River Gaula in Central Norway

      • Magne Aldrin, Eivind Damsleth, Hans Viggo Sæbø

      Pages 127-143

4. Treatment Plant Performance Evaluation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. A Statistics-Based System for Treatment Plant Operation

      • P. M. Berthouex, Wenje Lai, A. Darjatmoko

      Pages 147-169

   3. State Estimation in Wastewater Engineering: Application to an Anaerobic Process

      • R. M. Jones, J. F. Macgregor, K. L. Murphy

      Pages 171-182

5. Censored Data

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Some Comments on Analysis Techniques for Censored Water Quality Data

      • V. T. Farewell

      Pages 185-193

   3. Inferences About the Variability of Means from Censored Data

      • A. H. El-Shaarawi, P. B. Kauss, M. K. Kirby, M. Walsh

      Pages 195-204

6. Load Estimation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. Evaluation of Phosphorus Loads from Ontario Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

      • D. Chapman, W. Randle, Hugh Monteith

      Pages 207-221

   3. On the Estimation of Phosphorus from the Niagara River to Lake Ontario

      • M. E. Thompson, A. H. El-Shaarawi

      Pages 223-230

This book contains the proceedings of a workshop, 'Statistical Methods for the Assess­ ment of Point Source Pollution', held September 12-14, 1988, at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The objectives of the workshop were to: a) advance the art, science, and application of statistical methods to current water quality issues by stimulating discussions and disseminating ideas and information. The emphasis was on statistical problems associated with monitor­ ing and controlling discharges from industries and municipalities and assessing the impact of these discharges on receiving water quality, b) provide a forum for managers, engineers, scientists, and statisticians to present and discuss techniques for evaluating water quality data and planning monitoring activities, c) provide a published state-of-the art summary of the application of statistical methods for the assessment of point source discharges and their impact on water qUality. The papers contained in this volume cover a number of topics that are of concern not only for monitoring and assessing point source pollution but also for other environmental problems.

• Time series
• Water pollution
• cluster analysis
• pollution
• statistical software
• statistics

• Wastewater Technology Centre, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Canada

  D. T. Chapman

• National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Canada

  A. H. El-Shaarawi

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