Pollutant Discharge and Water Quality in Urbanisation

The main purpose of water quality monitoring may be seen as evaluating water quality conformity against water quality standards, especially for administrative purposes. Moreover, water quality monitoring data can be applied to estimate and evaluate pollut

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Yoshiaki Tsuzuki

Pollutant Discharge and Water Quality in Urbanisation

SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology

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Yoshiaki Tsuzuki

Pollutant Discharge and Water Quality in Urbanisation

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Yoshiaki Tsuzuki Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) The University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD Australia and Research Centre for Coastal Lagoon Environments (ReCCLE) Shimane University Matsue Japan

ISSN 2194-7244 ISSN 2194-7252 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-04755-3 ISBN 978-3-319-04756-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04756-0 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014933666  The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

In the last decade, there have been several attempts in developing a systematic approach in determination of appropriate interventions and/or measures for water quality control. One of the challenging approaches is to derive the pollution loading and its relationships to other socioeconomic factors in a given aquatic environment. This book encompasses an interesting initiative on the application of pollutant discharge per capita (PDC) as a key determinant of strategic development for water q