Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring

A new edition of the most comprehensive overview of statisticalmethods for environmental monitoring applications Thoroughly updated to provide current research findings,Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring, SecondEdition continues to provide a comprehensive overview andaccessible treatment of the statistical methods that are useful inthe analysis of environmental data. This new edition expands focuson statistical comparison to regulatory standards that are a vitalpart of assessment, compliance, and corrective action monitoring inthe environmental sciences. The book explores quantitative concepts useful for surface watermonitoring as well as soil and air monitoring applications whilealso maintaining a focus on the analysis of groundwater monitoringdata in order to detect environmental impacts from a variety ofsources, such as industrial activity and waste disposal. Theauthors introduce the statistical properties of alternativeapproaches, such as false positive and false negative rates, thatare associated with each test and the factors related to theseerror rates. The Second Edition also features: * An introduction to Intra-laboratory Calibration Curves andrandom-effects regression models for non-constant measurementvariability * Coverage of statistical prediction limits for agamma-distributed random variable, with a focus on estimation andtesting of parameters in environmental monitoring applications * A unified treatment of censored data with the computation ofstatistical prediction, tolerance, and control limits * Expanded coverage of statistical issues related to laboratorypractice, such as detection and quantitation limits * An updated chapter on regulatory issues that outlines commonmistakes to avoid in groundwater monitoring applications as well asan introduction to the newest regulations for both hazardous andmunicipal solid waste facilities Each chapter provides a general overview of a problem, followedby statistical derivation of the solution and a relevant examplecomplete with computational details that allow readers to performroutine application of the statistical results. Relevant issues arehighlighted throughout, and recommendations are also provided forspecific problems based on characteristics such as number ofmonitoring wells, number of constituents, distributional form ofmeasurements, and detection frequency. Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring, SecondEdition is an excellent supplement to courses on environmentalstatistics at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It isalso a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in thefields of biostatistics, engineering, and the environmentalsciences who work with statistical methods in their everydaywork.