The Navruz Project: Transboundary Monitoring for Radionuclides and Metals in Central Asia Rivers. Sampling and Analysis Plan and Operational Manual
- Sandia National Laboratories
The transboundary nature of water resources demands a transboundary approach to their monitoring and management. However, transboundary water projects raise a challenging set of problems related to communication issues, and standardization of sampling, analysis and data management methods. This manual addresses those challenges and provides the information and guidance needed to perform the Navruz Project, a cooperative, transboundary, river monitoring project involving rivers and institutions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan facilitated by Sandia National Laboratories in the U.S. The Navruz Project focuses on waterborne radionuclides and metals because of their importance to public health and nuclear materials proliferation concerns in the region. This manual provides guidelines for participants on sample and data collection, field equipment operations and procedures, sample handling, laboratory analysis, and data management. Also included are descriptions of rivers, sampling sites and parameters on which data are collected. Data obtained in this project are shared among all participating countries and the public through an internet web site, and are available for use in further studies and in regional transboundary water resource management efforts. Overall, the project addresses three main goals: to help increase capabilities in Central Asian nations for sustainable water resources management; to provide a scientific basis for supporting nuclear transparency and non-proliferation in the region; and to help reduce the threat of conflict in Central Asia over water resources, proliferation concerns, or other factors.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 800779
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2002-0484
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
The Navruz Project: Transboundary Monitoring for Radionuclides and Metals in Central Asia Rivers. Data Report
The Navruz Project: Cooperative transboundary monitoring data sharing and modeling of water resources in Central Asia
Related Subjects
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
COMMUNICATIONS
DATA ANALYSIS
EQUIPMENT
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
MANUALS
METALS
MONITORING
OPERATION
PLANNING
PROLIFERATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RIVERS
SAMPLING
STANDARDIZATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAJIKISTAN
TRANSFRONTIER CONTAMINATION
UZBEKISTAN
WATER RESOURCES