Uncertainty in Water Quality Assessment Kenneth

As a general rule, information is useful when it make us better off, simply because the information leads to improvement in decisions. The most common reason for improved decision making is the mere fact that the information reduces uncertainty. In basic terms, the greater the uncertainty in information, the less valuable that information becomes as a guide to future actions. Despite these seemingly obvious points, scientific assessments to provide information for the prediction of water quality impacts often do not include an analysis of uncertainty.