Network design for surface water quality monitoring in a road construction project using Gamma Test theory

Sama Azadi; Hamid Amiri; Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu; Helge Liltved; Roberto Castro-Muñoz; Xun Sun; Grzegorz Boczkaj

Water Resources and Industry (Dec 2021)

Network design for surface water quality monitoring in a road construction project using Gamma Test theory

Sama Azadi,
Hamid Amiri,
Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu,
Helge Liltved,
Roberto Castro-Muñoz,
Xun Sun,
Grzegorz Boczkaj

Affiliations

Sama Azadi: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Hamid Amiri: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu: Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
Helge Liltved: Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
Roberto Castro-Muñoz: Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdańsk, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Poland; Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Avenida Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas 2000 San Antonio Buenavista, 50110, Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico
Xun Sun: Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
Grzegorz Boczkaj: Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdańsk, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Poland; EkoTech Center, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza St. 11/12, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland; Corresponding author. Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, 80 – 233, Gdansk, G. Narutowicza St. 11/12, Poland.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
p. 100162

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Road construction has a negative environmental impact on the surrounding aquatic environment, requiring the continuous monitoring of surface water quality. Here, optimization of the water quality monitoring network (WQMN) is an essential step in supporting the sustainable development of road construction projects. This study introduces Gamma Test theory (GTT) as a practical method for optimizing the WQMN of surface waters during road construction. The water quality index (WQI) was computed in 48 monitoring stations for six monitoring periods from 2017 to 2019; data was acquired from a primary monitoring network over a new highway in southern Norway. Based on the results, it is possible to reduce the number of stations by 23% in comparison with the original empirical network. The proposed method could be useful to design the monitoring networks of projects with limited construction time and budget, as well as projects lacking enough data.

Published in Water Resources and Industry

ISSN: 2212-3717 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor: Management. Industrial management
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/water-resources-and-industry/

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