Quality assurance program plan

APPENDIX b

Organization Chart for Water Quality Data Collection and Assessment

APPENDIX c

Data Quality Indicator Definitions

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  Precision
  
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  Accuracy
  
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  Representativeness
  
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  Comparability
  
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  Completeness
  

Data used in water quality modeling are generally data contained in federal and state government water quality databases. It is assumed that data obtained from government agency databases have been screened and have met specified measurement performance criteria. These criteria may not be reported for the parameters of interest in the databases. Measurement performance or acceptance criteria for various parameters will be documented in the final report. Parameters for which measurement performance or acceptance criteria may be set include the following:

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  Software run time
  
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  Software processing capabilities
  
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  Model prediction results relative to decision error
  
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  Data used in model(s)
  

Precision is a measure of internal method consistency. It is demonstrated by the degree of mutual agreement between individual measurements or enumerated values of the same property of a sample, usually under demonstrated similar conditions. Precision of field sampling methods is estimated by taking duplicate samples for analysis. This QC calculation also addresses uncertainty due to natural variation and sampling error. Precision of available data used will be noted if available. Precision of generated data produced by the model may be examined by performing replicate runs.

where v = the number of measurements judged valid and T = the total number of measurements. The model application will be considered complete when no less than 85 percent of the measurement data, parameter variables, and output values are judged valid; however, other considerations must be taken into account as well, depending on the use of the data.

APPENDIX d

Monitoring Stations and Facilities

1. 
   Statewide Trend/Core Stations
   
2. 
   2013 Surface Water Monitoring Stations
   
3. 
   2014 Surface Water Monitoring Stations
   
4. 
   2015 Surface Water Monitoring Stations
   
5. 
   2016 Surface Water Monitoring Stations
   
6. 
   2017 Surface Water Monitoring Stations
   
7. 
   Coastal Shellfish and Nutrient Monitoring Stations
   
8. 
   Coastal Beach Monitoring Stations
   
9. 
   DNR State Parks Lake Beach Monitoring Stations
   
10. 
    2013 Ground Water Monitoring Wells
    
11. 
    2014 Ground Water Monitoring Wells
    
12. 
    2015 Ground Water Monitoring Wells
    
13. 
    2016 Ground Water Monitoring Wells
    
14. 
    2017 Ground Water Monitoring Wells
    
15. 
    Fish Tissue Toxics Monitoring Sites
    
16. 
    2013 Major NPDES Facilities and Industrial Pretreatment Facilities
    
17. 
    2014 Major NPDES Facilities and Industrial Pretreatment Facilities
    
18. 
    2015 Major NPDES Facilities and Industrial Pretreatment Facilities
    
19. 
    2016 Major NPDES Facilities and Industrial Pretreatment Facilities
    
20. 
    2016 Major NPDES Facilities and Industrial Pretreatment Facilities
    

2. 
   2013 MONITORING STATIONS: