Philippe Quevauviller 
Quality Assurance for Water Analysis [PDF ebook] 

Quality assurance (QA) has become an increasingly important topic,
as environmental monitoring bodies realize that accuracy of
measurements can depend very much on how the measurement is taken.
This book will describe methods in light of all of the European,
US, and international (ISO) guidelines for QA of water
analysis.

It is the third book in the Water Quality Measurement Series, it
tackles the growing problem of developing an international
understanding for measurement and data collection. The author gives
a detailed overview of:

* The purpose of water analysis

* Quality systems and quality control

* Sources of error including sample contamination

* Method validation

* Certified reference materials

* Data Reporting

* Inter-laboratory studies

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Series Preface

Preface

The Framework of Water Analysis

General Concepts of QA/QC-Definitions

Sampling and Sample Handling

Current Methods of Analysis

Analytical Quality Control

Reference Materials

Reporting of Measurement Data

Participation in Interlaboratory Studies

Quality Systems

Appendices

Glossary

Index

Over de auteur

Philippe Quevauviller has published more than 200 papers and several books linked to environmental quality measurements. He joined the Research General-Directorate of the European Commission in 1989 where he was scientific officer on topics dealing with the quality control of environmental analysis. Since 2002, he has integrated the Water & Marine Unit of the EC Environment Directorate-General where is now responsible for the development of a new Groundwater Directive which will complement the existing water policy framework. He is part-time professor at the K.U.Leuven where he teaches ‘water quality and treatment’ in an Interuniversity programme on Water Resources.