The following form is a follow up to the recently completed assessment of monitoring in the Lake Michigan watershed to provide more detailed information regarding water quality monitoring objectives, sampling locations, parameters analyzed, and sampling and analyses protocols employed to meet the monitoring objectives. Please complete the form to the best of your ability and return it to Charlie Peters by June 15th,2000. If you conduct more than one monitoring program please provide information on each program, using additional copies of this form if necessary. The form should take about 30 minutes to complete.
Please provide primary contact information for the monitoring program.
Name:
Organization:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Phone: Fax:
Email: Website:
What is the name of the monitoring program?
What are the objectives of the monitoring program?
Research
Regulatory
Trends
Occurrence and Distribution
Other, describe
Is there written documentation of the Data Quality (DQO) or Measurement Quality Objectives (MQO) for the program?
When did the monitoring program Begin? Is the program Ongoing? Is there a scheduled date when the monitoring program will end?
Are computer based maps of the monitoring locations available? If so what format are they in?
What is the Spatial sampling strategy employed?
Random
Regulation Based
Environmental Feature Based
Politically Based
Other, describe
What is the temporal sampling strategy employed?
Quarterly
Every 6 weeks
Monthly
Every 2 weeks
Weekly
Storms Only
Every 6 weeks plus storms
Monthly plus storms
Every 2 weeks plus storms
Weekly plus storms
Automated
What water quality parameters are being monitored: (in table format - check box)
Physical parameters?
Flow
Temperature
Sediment
Suspended
Bed load
Other, describe
Field measurements?
PH
Conductance
Alkalinity
DO
Other, describe
Chemical parameters?
Inorganics
Major Ions (Cl, So4, Na, K, Ca, Mg, HCO3)
Trace Elements and Metals
Nutrients
Organics
DOC
VOCs
Pesticides
Base Neutral (BNAs)
PAHs
Radioactive or Stable Isotopes
Microbiological
Describe
Biological
Fish Community
Algae Community
Macro Invertebrates
Bed Sediment Chemistry
Trace Elements
Organics
Chlorinated
BNAs
Gross
Tissue Chemistry
Trace Elements
Organics
Chlorinated
BNAs
Gross
What water chemistry sample collection method was used?
Grab
EWI
Other, describe
Is there written documentation for the water chemistry sampling protocols employed? If so, provide reference.
What Biological sample collection methods were used? (are there 2 or 3 choices?)
Is there written documentation for the biological sampling protocols employed? If so, provide reference.
What Microbiological sample collection method was used?
Is there written documentation for the biological sampling protocols employed? If so, provide reference.
What Sediment chemistry sample collection method was used?
Is there written documentation for the sediment chemistry sampling protocols employed? If so, provide reference.
What Tissue chemistry sample collection method was used?
Is there written documentation for the Tissue chemistry sampling protocols employed? If so, provide reference.
What analytical methods are used to provide the chemical, biological, microbiological or sediment and tissue chemical results?
EPA Guidelines, provide method series number and reference.
Standard Methods, provide method numbers.
ASTM Methods, provide method numbers.
AOAC Methods, provide method numbers.
USGS Methods, provide method numbers.
Field Kit, provide manufacturer and method numbers.
Field Probes
Other, describe
What laboratory conducts the analyses? Does the laboratory have a website?
Is quality assurance information available for the analytical method used?
Precision
Accuracy
Detection Levels
Intereference Information
Concentration range
Ruggedness
Other, describe
How are the results of the analyses provided?
Hard Copy
Computer File
On-line
Other, describe
Is there meta data (site location, sampling and analytical protocol, etc. information) provided with the data?
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