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Application of Information Theory to Groundwater Quality Monitoring Networks

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Using the criteria of maximizing information and minimizing cost,a methodology is developed for design of an optimal groundwater-monitoring network for water resources management. A monitoring system is essentially an information collection system. Therefore, its technical design requires a quantifiablemeasure of information which can be achieved through applicationof the information (or entropy) theory. The theory also providesinformation-based statistical measures to evaluate the efficiencyof the monitoring network. The methodology is applied to groundwater monitoring wells in a portion of Gaza Strip in Palestine.

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  1. Palestinian Water Authority, Building No. 136/61, League of Arab States, St. Tel El Hawa, Gaza, Palestine

    Y. Mogheir

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-6405, U.S.A.

    V. P. Singh

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Mogheir, Y., Singh, V.P. Application of Information Theory to Groundwater Quality Monitoring Networks. Water Resources Management 16, 37–49 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015511811686

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