NCRN Water Monitoring
Brolis A and Ashley L. NCRN Water Monitoring. 2005. National Park Service
In 2005, the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCRN) initiated a long-term water quality and quantity monitoring program, funded in part by the National Park Service Water Resources Division. Water monitoring is carried out year round at 37 sites within 10 of the NCRN parks. Parks monitored with this protocol include Antietam National Battlefield, Catoctin Mountain Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Monocacy National Battlefield, National Capital Parks - East, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. The streams monitored are all part of the Potomac River Watershed. The Potomac is the second largest drainage of the nine river basins that form the 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed. This protocol includes monitoring of water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics. Water chemistry parameters measured include temperature, pH, specific conductance, salinity, acid neutralizing capacity, and dissolved oxygen. Nutrient dynamics parameters measured include total nitrate (NO3), and total phosphorous (PO4). Surface water dynamics parameters measured include flow, discharge, water depth, and wetted width.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Brolis, Andrejs; Ashley, Lindsay
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANTI , CATO , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCRN , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
- Keywords
- acid neutralizing capacity, ANC, dissolved oxygen, NCRN, ph, specific conductance, stream health, Streams, temperature, total nitrate, total phosphorus, Water, Water quality, water quantity
Program
Products
- National Capital Region Network Stream Water Quality Data Package - cumulative through 2024
- National Capital Region Network 2005 - 2006 Water Resources Monitoring Report
- National Capital Region Network 2009 water resources monitoring data report: water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics vital signs
- National Capital Region Network 2007- 2008 water resources monitoring data report: Water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics vital signs
- National Capital Region Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Water Chemistry and Quantity Monitoring Protocol Version 2.0: Water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics vital signs
- Annual and seasonal trends in discharge of National Capital Region streams
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Freshwater Sponges
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Water Monitoring Program
- National Capital Region Network FY 2010 water resources monitoring data report:: water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics vital signs
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Water Monitoring
- NCRN Water Monitoring Data - Common View Format
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Specific Conductance in Streams
- NCRN Water Quality Visualizer
- National Capital Region Network Water Visualizer Code (R Shiny application)
- National Capital Region Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Water Chemistry and Quantity Monitoring Protocol Version 3.0: Water chemistry, nutrient dynamics, and surface water dynamics vital signs
- Trends in water quality in Youngs Branch, Manassas National Battlefield Park
- National Capital Region Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Stream Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring Protocol: Water Chemistry, Nutrient Dynamics, and Surface Water Dynamics Vital Signs, Version 3.0, 2025
- Freshwater salinization syndrome is degrading streamwater quality in the National Capital Region national parks, USA
- Freshwater Salinization: Saltier Rivers Are a Growing Concern
- National Capital Region Network Stream Water Quality Data Package - cumulative through 2025
- NCRN Stream Water Quality Monitoring Data Package Script
- Stream Water Quality Annual Summaries for 2024, National Capital Region Network Parks
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Kenilworth Marsh and Kingman Lake
- National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Dyke Marsh
- NCRN Water Data Analysis: Standard Operating Procedure
- Standard Operating Procedure #1: Roles, Responsibilities, and Project Timeline
- Standard Operating Procedure #2: Safety
- Standard Operating Procedure #3: Field and Laboratory Preparation
- Standard Operating Procedure #4: Field Data Collection
- Standard Operating Procedure #5: Post-sampling Duties
- Standard Operating Procedure #6: Data Management
- Standard Operating Procedure #7: Data Analysis and Reporting
- Standard Operating Procedure #8: History of NCRN Measurements and Lab Analyses