National Water Quality Monitoring Network Design

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National Water Quality Monitoring NetworkDesign

• Inventory Workgroup
• Report to the Monitoring Council July 27,2005

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The Inventorys Goal

• Inventory monitoring by selected programs to
  compare them to the proposed Network Design in
  order to
• Illustrate current practice
• Determine how far away practice is from the
  Network proposal

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The Inventory Workgroup

• Jared Bales
• Chuck Dvorski
• Val Conner
• Letice Houser
• Robin Knox
• Pete Sattler

• Derrik Smithee
• Chuck Spooner
• Tamim Younos
• Marjorie Ernst
• Dan Sullivan

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The Inventory

• Focused on
• Case Study areas
• Gulf of Maine
• Chesapeake
• Gulf of Mexico/ Mississippi River
• Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership
• Delaware River Basin Commission
• Major large programs
• NASQAN, NAWQA
• NOAA National Status and Trends, NEER, NMSS
• State monitoring programs HUC 2,4,6
• National Coastal Assessment
• National Estuary Program ?
• NADP, CASTNET

Also
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The Inventory Phases

• Basic Survey using the DRBC format
• Detailed Parameter Lists
• Analytes
• Frequencies, media, etc.
• Data management and access practices
• QA practices
• Metadata records

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The DRBC Format

• Project Name
• Issue
• Status
• Collected By
• Frequency
• Period
• Locations
• Data Span
• Sample Matrix

• Compartment Monitored
• DQO Reference
• Parameters
• Gear Description
• Code Description
• Data Access
• Availability
• Time Frame to Access

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The Inventory Phases

• Detailed Parameter Lists
• Analytes
• Frequencies, media, etc.
• Format propsed as the Design Display but awaits
  Design Workgroup choices
• Data management and access practices
• QA practices
• Metadata records