NWQMC’s 4th Edition of “National Water Monitoring News”
The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (or “Council”), is pleased to release the fourth edition of their online newsletter National Water Monitoring News: http://acwi.gov/monitoring/newsletter/National_Monitoring_News_fall2011.pdf.
This newsletter provides a forum of communication among water practitioners across the Nation. In support of the national Council’s mission, this newsletter is geared to foster partnerships and collaboration; advance water science; improve monitoring strategies; and enhance data integration, comparability, and reporting. This edition highlights a number of events, activities, and new products, including the following:
- The Council’s upcoming 8th National Monitoring Conference (April 30 – May 4, 2012, Portland, OR)
- Updates on monitoring including:
- Chesapeake Bay Partners monitor the effects of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Depression Lee
- U.S. Forest Service’s Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Program
- U.S. EPA’s National Wetlands Condition Assessment and National Lakes Assessment
- Bivalve monitoring in the Great Lakes
- New national network of reference watersheds and monitoring sites for freshwater streams
- San Diego Coastkeeper toxicity testing and volunteer monitors
- Updates from the Indiana, North Dakota, and Colorado Councils
- Increased data sharing in New Jersey through state-nonprofit volunteer monitoring partnership
- Urban Water Federal Partnership
- New tools including:
- An online Decision Support System for assessment of nutrients in streams and rivers
- “BioData” – the USGS web-based bioassessment database
