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Our WatersWatershedsMonitoring & AssessmentElements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program
Our WatersWatershedsMonitoring & AssessmentElements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment ProgramElements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program
March 2003 EPA 841-B-03-003
Cover photos courtesy of USDA NRCS
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watershed
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Contents
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PrefaceTransmittal Memorandum
Executive Summary
I. Introduction
II. Elements of a State Monitoring Program
A. Monitoring Program Strategy
B. Monitoring Objectives
C. Monitoring Design
D. Core and Supplemental Water Quality Indicators
E. Quality Assurance
F. Data Management
G. Data Analysis/Assessment
H. Reporting
I. Programmatic Evaluation
J. General Support and Infrastructure Planning
K. References
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