Water-quality data for water- and wastewater-treatment plants along the Red River of the North, North Dakota and Minnesota, January through October 2006

Data Series ◽  
10.3133/ds328 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Damschen ◽  
John A. Hansel ◽  
Rochelle A. Nustad
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
North Dakota ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Red River ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Water And Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Water Quality Data ◽  
The North ◽  
Water And Wastewater

In-line river monitoring – new challenges and opportunities

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pressl ◽  
S. Winkler ◽  
G. Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Water Quality Data ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Receiving Water

Water management becomes a complex issue when considering the large number of water-rights-of-use like drinking water production, recreation, receiving water, transport on and ecological quality of the water bodies. Recent changes in the legal requirements concerning water management on European scale (EC Water Framework Directive, 2000/60/EC) highlighted the need for appropriate means for monitoring water quality and exchange of water quality data. Indirect measurement of water quality using surrogate parameters (chemical and physical-chemical parameters) can be automated at a high accuracy level. This was shown over the past years by national and international research projects. In 2001 such a research project has started in Austria focusing on the installation and operation of a pilot water quality network, which is suitable for application at several points of interest of water management, i.e. sewer networks, wastewater treatment plants and receiving water bodies. The paper describes the operational problems and experiences of collecting data over a period of one year in the Danube River downstream of Vienna. The sensors are installed in situ, directly in the river, without any bypass system. The first evaluation of the measurements shows that the values are reliable and therefore applicable to further interpretations.

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