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Use of this somewhat bombastic title stems from our desire to draw critical attention to a process of decision making that in practice has been more of an art than a science. At issue is the long standing need for a uniform method for measuring water quality — a “yardstick” with units that are simple, stable, consistent, and reproducible — and an unambiguous method for communicating this information to everyone concerned.
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Brown, R.M., McClelland, N.I., Deininger, R.A., O’Connor, M.F. (1972). A Water Quality Index — Crashing the Psychological Barrier. In: Thomas, W.A. (eds) Indicators of Environmental Quality. Environmental Science Research, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2856-8_15
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