Quality Assurance for Water Analysis [Hardcover]

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 studiesSeries 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 ...This is a timely publication and should assist all users and producers of water quality data ...... (Int Jnl of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol.82, No.10, 2002)

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. lÓ,