Aquatic Resource Monitoring | Health and Environmental Effects | Research & Development

The Design Team has developed a process to guide and standardize the preparation of databases for subsequent analysis.

The process includes several steps and feedback loops among the general components and information sources that lead to a database and analysis.

An illustrative example of this process is presented based on the EMAP Western Pilot Program.

The first step creates a Site Evaluation file, may include office and field tasks

EMAP Western Pilot Example

Site Evaluation for Non-Perennial Streams

Sites in Design File must be used in specified order
Every site in Design File must be tracked
Each Selected site evaluated to determine
- Stream channel existence
- Perennial or non-perennial
- Other characteristics
Three phase evaluation
- Office assessment based on existing information
- Phone call to knowledgeable local person
- Field visit
1200 RF3 Non-perennial sites evaluated