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| SWAMP's Clean Water Team (CWT) - Citizen Monitoring of the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program |
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CLEAN WATER TEAM'S GUIDANCE COMPENDIUM FOR
WATERSHED MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT Section 1.0 Introduction and Overview Section 2.0 Field Procedures (e.g., sample collection) Section 3.0 "Grab" Samples - Measurements Taken at One Point in a Water Body or in a Container (including Water Quality Fact Sheets) Section 4.0 Stream Measurements (e.g., flow) Section 5.0 Measurements Taken in a Watershed (e.g., rain) Section 6.0 Geographic Information for Watershed Use (GIS & GPS) Section 7.0 Programmatic Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA, QC & QAPP) Section 8.0 Data Quality Management (DQM) Section 9.0 Volunteer & Staff Role-Specific DQM Materials Appendices Glossary |
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CLEAN WATER TEAM'S TOOL BOX FOR CITIZEN MONITORING
PROGRAMS This Toolbox has template files and documents that will help you manage and organize your water quality monitoring data. Most of the items are part of the Data Quality Management (DQM) system that the Clean Water Team has developed for the collection management and sharing of reliable data of known quality. The utility of the tools contained within this virtual toolbox will be especially useful as you begin to analyze your project's data. |
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| SWAMP
ADVISOR -NEW WEB RESOURCE The SWAMP Advisor is an expert knowledge system that will help you to prepare superior Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) that meet all requirements of the California Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). It will provide you with draft document files for each element that you may easily save, print and edit for your final QAPP. |
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Field Methods Course -NEW WEB RESOURCE (Previously available as a
CD) This course is a training resource for SWAMP Field Methods. The course covers 6 modules (Reconnaissance, Water Quality Measurements, Flow Measurements, Water Sampling, Sediment Sampling, Sample Handling and Shipping) while also incorporating 4 common elements (Health and Safety, Quality Assurance, Representativeness, Information Management). The course also includes a Glossary, Index and a list of useful Resources. (The Clean Water Team has a limited number of CDs which contain this course. Contact Erick if you would like one mailed to your citizen monitoring program.) |
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Invasive Species (AIS) -NEW WEB RESOURCE AIS threaten California's waters and their beneficial uses. AIS may cause economic, environmental, and/or human health harm. AIS can have negative impacts on water supplies (clogged pipes, increased transpiration), agriculture (reduced water flows), fisheries (loss of species, disease), ecological functions (altered hydrology), waterways (choke and congested waters, undermine levees) and more. AIS are plants, animals or disease agents that are not native to an ecosystem. (AIS are also known as, but not limited to: Exotic Species, Alien Species, Invasive Organisms, Noxious Species, Naturalized Species, and Non-indigenous Aquatic Species or Non-Native Species). Proper planning and decontamination techniques should be practiced by recreationists (boaters, sport fishers, hikers), water professionals and aquatic scientists alike. To protect California's waters and their beneficial uses it is important that we all act in ways, which will prevent the introduction or spread of AIS. Persons active within surface waters may act as dispersants for certain AIS. It is important to prevent the transfer of AIS from one waterbody to another and to prevent the spread of AIS within a watershed. AIS Quick Links: -Prevention Planning -Widescale Prevention Measures -Decontamination -California Agency Websites Dedicated To AIS -Additional California Websites -Federal Websites -Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) Websites -International Websites of Interest -Other Websites of Interest -Weblogs |
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Freshwater and Marine Team Field Guide (Southern California) -NEW
ONLINE HOST This continues to be a great resource for new Citizen Monitors and educators statewide, but especially for those located in the Greater Los Angeles Area. This document was produced under a SWRCB Grant in consultation with the CWT. (Not a SWRCB Web-page) |
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| Citizens Clean Water
Improvement Network: Building Citizen Monitoring
Capacity though Cooperation -NEW
WEB RESOURCE Here is the start of a new site for Water Quality Monitor Collaboration and mutual benefit. (Not a SWRCB Web-page) |
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| Cal/EPA
Environmental Complaint Form If you have observed an activity, physical evidence of an activity or have knowledge of what you think may be a possible illegal act or unauthorized release that caused harm or damage to California's public health or environment, the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) would like to know about it. Use this Environmental Complaint Form to file an environmental complaint with Cal/EPA. |
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Subscription Mailing Lists The State and Regional Water Boards use electronic subscription mailing lists for disseminating information. Each of the State and Regional Water Boards have several electronic mailing lists available for you to subscribe to on their respective internet web sites. Becoming a member of an electronic mailing list allows you to receive announcements by e-mail on a specific topic. |
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