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The current paper shows a graphical method for calibrating a Water Quality Model based on these two parameters. The amount of variability is calculated based on the Euclidean distance between records in a dataset. Typically, each multivariable process has some relation between the variability and the time delay. In the case of a short period (a few minutes), the PV may be high. However, as the relevant DT is longer, it is expected to see the PV converge to some steady state. The current paper examines a method for estimating the relationship between the two measurements (PV and DT) as a detection tool for abnormality. Given the user\u2019s classification of the actual event for true and false events, the method shows how to build a graphical map that helps the user select the best thresholds for the model. 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