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  • Environmental Science
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Pollution Control

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  • Macroplastic pollution in rivers requires accurate monitoring for effective reduction strategies.
  • Visual observation from bridges is a common method for estimating riverine plastic flux.
  • Current methods often lack robust uncertainty quantification, leading to unknown error margins.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify uncertainties in visual macroplastic monitoring in rivers.
  • To identify key design elements contributing to monitoring uncertainty.
  • To improve the design and effectiveness of riverine plastic monitoring protocols.

Main Methods:

  • Quantified uncertainties related to cross-sectional coverage, observation time, and frequency.
  • Conducted a case study in the Dutch Rhine-Meuse delta.
  • Integrated uncertainty optimization into monitoring design.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated quantification of uncertainties in visual macroplastic monitoring.
  • Showcased how quantified uncertainties inform monitoring design decisions.
  • Highlighted the importance of the detection rate (recovery rate) in uncertainty analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Quantifying uncertainties enhances the reliability of riverine macroplastic monitoring data.
  • Optimizing monitoring design based on uncertainty analysis improves efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Improved data quality supports better plastic pollution mitigation strategies.