Quality assurance (QA) has become an increasingly important topic,as environmental monitoring bodies realize that accuracy ofmeasurements 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 wateranalysis.
It is the third book in the Water Quality Measurement Series, ittackles the growing problem of developing an internationalunderstanding for measurement and data collection. The author givesa 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