Water Quality Mapping for Water Management

This paper explores how maps can support water quality management as part of a common project between a water management organization (Service Departementale de L’eau du Conseil General de Haute-Loire - France) and a research laboratory (Centre de Recherche sur l’Environnement et l’Amenagement - Universite de Saint-Etienne - France). Visualization tools are proposed to bring together the different stakeholders in the negotiation process for water management. Two fundamental questions are examined here: (1) how do we communicate the different water quality information to the various stakeholders to improve their awareness of the environment; and (2) how could we evaluate the effectiveness of a cartographic visualization system in the process of negotiation between different stakeholders. Alternative methods are proposed here to present and evaluate water quality information in the form of maps.

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