Quality assurance program plan



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REFERENCES 83

APPENDIX A 85

Organization Chart for Water Quality Modeling 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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