Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The evolution of water quality criteria in the United States, 1922-2003 / Alfred Dufour and Stephen Schaub -- 2. A management context for the statistical design of recreational contact water quality monitoring programs / Stephen B. Weisberg -- 3. Conceptual bases for relating illness risk to indicator concentrations / D. F. Parkhurst, G. F. Craun and J. A. Soller -- 4. On selecting the statistical rationale for revised EPA recreational water quality criteria for bacteria / Richard O. Gilbert -- 5. Sampling recreational waters / A. H. El-Shaarawi and S. R. Esterby -- 6. The lognormal distribution and use of the geometric mean and the arithmetic mean in recreational water quality measurement / Larry J. Wymer and Timothy J. Wade -- 7. The EMPACT beaches: a case study in recreational water sampling / Larry J. Wymer -- 8. Microbial risk assessment modeling / Graham McBride -- 9. A plausible model to explain concentration -- response relationships in randomized controlled trials assessing infectious disease risks from exposure to recreational waters / Albrecht Wiedenmann -- 10. Nowcasting recreational water quality / Alexandria B. Boehm, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Deyi Hou and Stephen B. Weisberg -- 11. Statistical sensitivity analysis and water quality / Alessandro Fasso. "Statistical Framework for Recreational Water Quality Criteria and Monitoring offers a guide to the statistical methods used for assessing health effects and monitoring and modelling water quality. Both traditional and novel sampling designs are discussed." "The book is primarily aimed at public health officials, staff of regulartory bodies and students and faculty members of environmental and statistical science courses."--BOOK JACKET.