National Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and Tributaries

Network Design

The Network was designed by the Council and more than 80 stakeholders in response to a recommendation by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy in 2004 in “An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century".

• Network Design Report - (Revised, 2008)
• Network Refinement Summary Report - (February 2008)
  • Nutrients
  • Contaminants
  • Wetlands
  • Biology
  • Atmospheric Deposition
  • Analytes
• Network Design Features (2008)
• Poster - Note: These are large files (May 2008)
  • 4x3 feet (15 MB PDF) | 4x8 feet (15 MB PDF)
• Brochures - Note: Some of these files are large (pdf)
  • A National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and
    their Tributaries - A Network of the U.S. Ocean Action Plan (545 kb .pdf) (2008)
• Network Overview (2.3 MB) - (Powerpoint presentation, August 2007)
• Letter from CEQ to ACWI on Network (January 2007)
• Council Resolution to ACWI on Network (February 2005)
• Charge to Network Work Groups (January 2005)
• Proposal for a National Monitoring Network (2005)
• Frequently Asked Questions (2005)