Understand, Restore, and Protect our Waters: The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (Council) provides a forum to improve the Nation's water quality through partnerships that foster increased understanding and stewardship of our water resources.
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WEBINAR: Would a State or Regional Partnership, Alliance and/or Council Serve Your Needs?
The idea of "sharing data" and "collaborative monitoring" arises every time we discover we cannot achieve our monitoring goals alone. Barb Horn from Colorado Parks and Wildlife summarizes efforts across the country to form partnerships and councils. |
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NEWSLETTERS: The National Water Monitoring News Spring 2013 Newsletter is here! And the Volunteer Monitoring News Issue 3 is here! |
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WEBINAR: Ecological Flows in the Shenandoah River Valley, Virginia
Instream flow needs for aquatic organisms in the North and South Fork Shenandoah Rivers are discussed and a range of model scenarios are presented regarding the availability of water for fish habitat, recreation, and potential effects of withdrawals and conservation measures on fish populations. The study reports are available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5081 and http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5025/. |
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Assessing Toxins on the Columbia River (Video)
For the first time, the mid-Columbia River above Bonneville Dam has been tested extensively for contamination. Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality conducted one of its largest surveys and found the middle river shares many of the same contaminants as the lower river. Learn about this collaborative monitoring study and what they learned here. This video won't disappoint! |
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NEW PRODUCT: Water Quality Portal
Chemical, physical, and biological data from both NWIS (USGS) and STORET (EPA) are readily accessible online from the Water Quality Portal, a web service sponsored by the USGS, EPA, and the Council. |
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PRODUCT NEWS: Statistical Methods Search added to NEMI
An introduction to a new tool produced by the Water Quality Statistics and Assessments workgroup - currently soliciting comments and feedback. View an introductory Powerpoint here... - - - See the NEMI-SAMS website here... |
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National Network of Reference Watersheds and Monitoring Sites for U.S. Freshwater StreamsA collaborative and multipurpose national network of reference watersheds and monitoring sites is being developed to provide quality-assured data and information for use in understanding the effects of land use change, water use, atmospheric deposition, and climate change. Read more here... |
