Network installation specifications for the measurement of water quality parameters

This report was submitted within the context of the research program titled "Sustainable Management of Water Bodies in conjunction with a Highly Developed Computational Model" by a scientific and research group of the National Technical University of Athens. Specifically this report was part of the deliverables of Work package 5. The scope of this work was to evaluate suitable methods for water quality monitoring according to internationally accepted criteria. Specifically this report contains the following: a) determination of the appropriate water quality parameters required for the evaluation of ecological status of surface and groundwater bodies as described in Water Framework Directive 2000/60, b) presentation of the standardized methods for the on line or analytical monitoring of the various water quality parameters and c) collection of data for the installation and operation of various monitoring devices suitable for use for underground and surface waters. In addition to these technical data an economic evaluation of the application cost of these methods was performed.