Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring: Benefits for decision making

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines the potential benefits and costs of implementing automated, high-frequency, and networked water quality monitoring systems, specifically within the context of the Winnipeg River basin.

• Automated systems for high-frequency and networked water quality monitoring can improve data-driven decision making by providing larger volumes of data in near real time, although they may introduce new requirements regarding labor, finance, and technology.
• There is an urgent requirement for watershed data to enable effective health protection decisions due to increasing threats from habitat fragmentation, pollution, and climate change.
• The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Experimental Lakes Area and Aquatic Life Ltd. are conducting the Adaptive Monitoring project in the Winnipeg River basin to test networked systems for remote, real-time water quality monitoring.

APA

Stanley,, T. S. (2023). Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring: Benefits for decision making. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-time-water-quality-monitoring

Chicago

Stanley,, Thomas Saleh,Madeline. Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring: Benefits for decision making. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2023. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-time-water-quality-monitoring.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stanley2023realtime, author = {Stanley,, Thomas Saleh,Madeline}, title = {{Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring: Benefits for decision making}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-time-water-quality-monitoring}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }