Water quality monitoring protocol for wadeable streams and rivers in the Northern Great Plains Network: Standard operating procedures version 1.0
Wilson MH and Wilson SK. 2014. Water quality monitoring protocol for wadeable streams and rivers in the Northern Great Plains Network: Standard operating procedures version 1.0. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NGPN/NRR—2014/868.1. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Water Quality Monitoring Protocol includes two parts: a Narrative and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The Water Quality Monitoring Protocol Narrative Version 1.0 describes a general overview of the status of water resources throughout the parks in the National Park Service’s Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN), the objectives, the field methods, and the sampling design selected for this long-term monitoring program. This report includes the detailed SOPs for the NGPN’s Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. All water quality monitoring is conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) through Interagency Agreements. The USGS North Dakota Water Science Center (WSC) monitors water quality at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The USGS Wyoming WSC monitors water quality at Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. The USGS Nebraska WSC monitors water quality at Niobrara National Scenic River and Missouri National Recreational River. The basis for the field-oriented SOPs (#3 and #4) comes from the USGS National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A) as well as other USGS reports. The remainder of the more administrative SOPs outline step by step procedures for NGPN staff to follow to accomplish the long-term monitoring program.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wilson, Marcia; Wilson, Stephen
- Date of Issue
- 2014-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AGFO , DETO , FOLA , IMR , KNRI , MNRR , MWR , NGPN , NIOB , NRSS , THRO
- Keywords
- standard operating procedure, Water Quality Monitoring, water quality protocol
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry