Chang C.-L.Lin Y.-T.Chiueh P.-T.PEI-TE CHIUEH2019-10-042019-10-0420149204741https://www2.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027945083&doi=10.1007%2fs11269-013-0505-y&partnerID=40&md5=207d039eff5e1971578b3dc794dcc35ehttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/425987The design of a water quality monitoring network is of critical importance to watershed management. By employing both a single criterion analysis and a multiple criteria analysis, this study assessed and compared water quality monitoring designs for a river system in the Taipei Water Resource Domain (TWRD), a major water resource protected area in northern Taiwan. The case area for this work was divided into 22 sub-basins; and each subbasin was generally based upon a river network. With a single criterion analysis, inputting different individual variables produced significantly different results. Thus, the sub-basins seen to have a greater need for a water quality monitoring system varied greatly. This study, further, observed that a multiple criteria analysis is more objective than a single criterion analysis. When considering multiple factors, this report utilized seven criteria, the top five sub-basins with a greater necessity for improved water quality monitoring records are, in order, Subbasins 2, 5, 21, 20, and 7. This indicates that the need for a water quality monitoring system in the Sin-Dian Creek Basin and in the Bei-Shih Creek Basin is greater than that in the Nan-Shih Creek Basin. This result is a useful reference for the creation of an improved water quality management strategy in the TWRD. © 2014, Water Resour Manage, All rights Reserved.Criterion analysis; Environmental management; Monitoring network; Water quality[SDGs]SDG6Environmental management; Monitoring; Quality management; Rivers; Soil conservation; Water conservation; Water management; Water quality; Criterion analysis; Monitoring network; Multiple criteria analysis; Multiple factors; Resource domains; Water quality monitoring; Water quality monitoring systems; Watershed management; Quality control; comparative study; environmental monitoring; monitoring system; multicriteria analysis; river management; river system; water quality; watershed; Taipei; Taiwanjournal article10.1007/s11269-013-0505-y2-s2.0-85027945083