WATER QUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM Clause Samples

WATER QUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM. Water quality data must be properly stored for its effective use. In the framework of the DINAMA/ JICA cooperation project, the following systems have been developed: SISICA (Water Quality Information System) and SISILAB (Laboratory Management Information System). The Water Quality Information System (SISICA) was developed as a tool for the maintenance and use of environmental water quality data. It has been designed for the effective use of water quality data by the relevant institutions. DINAMA analyses and evaluates water quality data of SISICA and uses the results as feed-back for the strategic part of water quality management and for pollution source management. DINAMA has trained Municipalities regarding the use of SISICA software and shall provide training regarding the analysis and evaluation of water quality data. In the framework of this agreement, Municipalities shall enter the analytical results generated by the samples taken during the monitoring campaigns into SISICA, as it has been stated in item 3, according to the analytical parameters defined for each Municipality, as it is established in item 4. Besides, Municipalities shall benefit from the access to the analytical results generated by the Laboratory of DINAMA, which shall enter the information into SISICA according to what is established on items 3 and 4. Computer tools for water quality information management (SISICA) and laboratory data management (SISILAB) are available for its transference and use by any relevant institution related to water quality management. In case of using them, the benefiting institution undertakes to link its system to the SISICA information system, in order to allow the access to the information that the institutions undertake to share under this agreement. 1. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS (1) It was decided that the total number of monitoring stations should be around a maximum of 30, considering that the maximum capacity of DINAMA laboratory is from 35 to 40 samples per week. (2) Locations that involve water quality from the upper, middle and lower sections of Santa Lucia River were selected. (3) Easily accessible locations where is possible to arrive by vehicle or where the samples can be taken from bridges were selected. (4) Sampling points that were used by DINAMA in the past, were selected again due to their accessibility. (5) In each Municipality, river mouths which due to their surroundings could be affected by polluti...