REFERENCES 83 APPENDIX A 85 APPENDIX b 89 Organization Chart for Water Quality Data Collection and Assessment 89 APPENDIX c 91 Data Quality Indicator Definitions 91 APPENDIX d 95 Monitoring Stations and Facilities 95 APPENDIX e 219 Example Forms 219 2. WATER QUALITY LABORATORY SOURCE DOCUMENT 223 APPENDIX f 228 Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Plans 228
List of Tables
Table 1. Program Roles and Responsibilities Related to Water Quality Modeling, Monitoring, and Data Use 17
Table 2. Project Decision Statement and Actions 20
Table 3. Relative Errors and Statistical Targets for Hydrologic Calibration 34
Table 4. Typical Secondary Environmental Data to Be Collected 35
Table 5. Measurement Quality Objectives for Water Quality Monitoring 38
Table 6. Personnel Training 43
Table 7. Core and Supplemental Indicators 50
Table 8. Field Sampling Performance Methods 54
Table 9. Field Equipment Inventory and Disposables 56
Table 10. Bottle Type, Preservation Techniques and Holding Times for Samples 57
Table 11. Analytical Reporting Units and Methods 64
Table 12. Field Sampling Quality Control Requirements for Water Quality Analytes (Nutrients, Bacteria, Chlorophyll a, etc.) 68
Table 13. Quality Control Requirements for Multi-Probe Instruments (D.O., pH, Conductivity, Water Temperature, depth) 68
Table 14. GAEPD Field Instrument Calibration and Maintenance 71
Table 15. Consumable Inspections and Acceptance Criteria 72
Table 16. Assessment Activities Personnel 82
Table 17. Project Status Reports 83
Table 18. Data Verification Process 87
Table 2. Project Decision Statement and Actions 17
Table 3. Relative Errors and Statistical Targets for Hydrologic Calibration 31
Table 4. Typical Secondary Environmental Data to Be Collected 32
Table 5. Measurement Quality Objectives for Water Quality Monitoring 35
Table 6. Personnel Training 40
Table 7. Core and Supplemental Indicators 47
Table 8. Field Sampling Performance Methods 51
Table 9. Field Equipment Inventory and Disposables 53
Table 10. Bottle Type, Preservation Techniques and Holding Times for Samples 54
Table 11. Analytical Reporting Units and Methods 60
Table 12. Field Sampling Quality Control Requirements for Water Quality Analytes (Nutrients, Bacteria, Chlorophyll a, etc.) 65
Table 13. Quality Control Requirements for Multi-Probe Instruments (D.O., pH, Conductivity, Water Temperature, depth) 65
Table 14. GAEPD Field Instrument Calibration and Maintenance 68
Table 15. Consumable Inspections and Acceptance Criteria 69
Table 16. Assessment Activities Personnel 76
Table 17. Project Status Reports 77
Table 18. Data Verification Process 81
List of Figures
Figure 1. Major River Basins in Georgia 28
Figure 2. Quality Assurance Process 77
Figure 2. Quality Assurance Process 73
List of Acronyms
AMU Ambient Monitoring Unit
BMP Best Management Practice
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
cfs Cubic feet per second
COC Chain of Custody
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
CRD Coastal Resources Division
CWA Clean Water Act
CWW Columbus Water Works
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DO Dissolved Oxygen
DQO Data Quality Objectives
EFDC Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPD-RIV-1 GAEPD one dimensional hydrodynamic water quality model
GAEMN Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network
FMU Facilities Monitoring Unit
GA DOSAG GAEPD water quality model
GAEPD Georgia Environmental Protection Division
GA ESTUARY GAEPD water quality model
GAWP Georgia Association of Water Professionals
GIS Geographic Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
GRWA Georgia Rural Water Association
GWWI Georgia Water & Wastewater Institute
HSPF Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN
IBI Index of Biotic Integrity
ISU Intensive Surveys Unit
L Liter
LSPC Loading Simulation Program C++
LAS Land Application System
LIMS Laboratory Information Management Systems
MDL Method Detection Limit
mg milligram
MPN Most Probably Number
MQO Measurement Quality Objective
NCDC National Climatic Data Center
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS Nonpoint Source
% R Percent Recovery
PET Potential evapotranspiration
PL Project Leader
PM Project Manager
PIDs Privately Owned & Institutional Developments
POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works
QAP Quality Assurance Plan (Laboratory)
QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan or Quality Assurance Program Plan
QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control
QMP Quality Management Plan
RBP Rapid Bioassessment Protocol
RDC Regional Development Centers
RDL Reporting Detection Limit
RL Reporting Limit
RPD Relative Percent Difference
SOPs Standard Operating Procedures
SOW Scope of Work
STATSGO State Soil Geographic Database
STORET EPA Storage and Retrieval System
SQAP Sampling Quality Assurance Plan
STORET STOrage and RETrieval Data System
TMDLs Total Maximum Daily Loads
USLE Universal Soil Loss Equation
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
WASP Water Quality Analysis and Simulation Program
WCS Watershed Characterization System
WLA Wasteload Allocation
WPB Watershed Protection Branch of the GAEPD
WPMP Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
WQ Water Quality
WQS Water Quality Standard
WRD Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
WRDB Water Resources Database
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