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Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Publications
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| TITLE: | Optimization of a groundwater quality sampling program In: Quality of Groundwater, Proceedings of an International Symposium, Noordwijkerhout, 1981 |
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| AUTHORS: | Y. Bachmat and M. Ben-Zvi |
| PUBLISHER: | Elsevier Sci.Publ.Co. Studies in Environmental Science, Volume 17 |
| PAGES: | 23 - 27 |
| PUBLICATION DATE: | 1981 |
| LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: | English |
| ABSTRACT: | The paper considers information pertinent to groundwater quality as an input to groundwater management decisions. Accordingly, the design of a groundwater quality sampling program is treated as a problem of maximizing the net benefit from the collected data. It is assumed that the loss because of a suboptimal management decision is partly due to the level of information supplied by the data collection program, which is determined by the frequency, the spatial density and configuration of the observations. An algorithm for deriving the optimal values of the latter under conditions of risk is presented. The algorithm is implemented in planning the program of groundwater quality observations in the coastal plain of Israel. |
| ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE PUBLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED: | Library, Hydrological Service of Israel, P.O.Box 6381, Jerusalem 91063, Israel |
| AVAILABILITY: | At request |
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