NJ Water Monitoring Coordinating Council

Meeting Information

February 25, 2004
- Agenda
- Minutes
June 9, 2004
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
September 24, 2004

Summary of NJ's Long Term Monitoring Strategy (NJDEP)
NJ's Ambient Ground Water Monitoring Network (NJDEP)
New Tools for Ocean Monitoring & Development of Integrated Ocean Observing System (Rutgers/IMCS)

February 2, 2005
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations

May 25, 2005
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - Linking Elements of a National Water Monitoring Network with IOOS (NOAA)
  Technical Session Theme - County, Local and Volunteer Monitoring

September 26, 2005
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - Delaware River Fly Ash Spill (NJDEP)
  - IOOS Workshop Summary (NOAA)
  Technical Session Theme - Biological Monitoring
  - Biological Monitoring Overview (EPA Region 2)
  - NJ's Ambient Biological Monitoring Network (NJDEP)
  - NJ's Northern Fish IBI Network (NJDEP)
  - NJ's Lower Delaware River Drainage Fish IBI (NJDEP)
  - Current and Future Uses of Biological Data (NJDEP)
  - Biological Monitoring in the Pinelands (Pinelands Commission)
  - Efficiacy of Estuarine Indicators (NOAA)

January 25, 2006
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - NJ Information Exchange Grant (NJDEP)
  Technical Session Theme - Coastal & Ocean Monitoring
  - National Water Monitoring Network Design (NJDEP)
  - MACOORA:
    - Overview (DRBC)
    - Future Initiatives (NJDEP)
  - NJ Coastal Bays - Water Quality and Habitat (Rutgers/IMCS)

May 31, 2006

Agenda
Minutes
Presentations
- NJ Water Quality Data Exchange Update (NJDEP)
- NWQMC Methods Comparability Board (USGS)
Technical Session Theme - Water Quantity
- NJ's Flood Warning System (USGS)
- Delaware River Flood Task Force to the Governor (USGS)
- Drought Monitoring
  - USGS
  - NJDEP/NJGS

September 27, 2006
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - '08 National WM conference (USGS)
  Technical Session Theme - Fish and Shellfish Tissue Monitoring
  - WQ Assessments - Fish Tissue Data (NJDEP)
  - EPA's National Fish Tissue Study (EPA)
  - NJ's Fish Tissue Monitoring Program (NJDEP)
  - Mussel Watch Program (NOAA)
  - NJ's Shellfish Tissue Monitoring Program (NJDEP)
  - Delaware River/Bay/Estuary Fish Tissue Monitoring (DRBC)
  - Meadowlands Commission's Aquatic Biota Inventory (MERI)

January 31, 2007
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - National Council Update (NJDEP)
  - National Council Methods Board Update (USGS)
  - Data Exchange Grant Update (NJDEP)
  Technical Session Theme - Pathogen Monitoring & Recreational Use Assessment
  - Overview: Microbial Indicators & Pathogen Monitoring (NJDEP)
  - New Pathogen Criteria (NJDEP)
  - NJDEP Freshwater Pathogen Monitoring (NJDEP)
  - NJDEP Coastal Cooperative Monitoring Program (NJDEP)
  - County Beach Monitoring (Monmouth Co. Health Dept)
  - Microbial Source Tracking (NJDEP)
  - IEC's Microbial Monitoring Program (IEC)
  - Genetic Fingerprinting & qPCR Techniques (EPA Region 2)

May 30, 2007

Agenda
Minutes
Presentations

Technical Session Theme - Integrating National, Regional & State Monitoring Efforts
- NOAA's Integrated Water Resource Services (NOAA)
- MACOORA Proposal to NOAA for IOOS Expansion (NJDEP)
- Delaware River Basin Pilot for National Water Monitoring Network (DRBC)
- National Water Monitoring Surveys: EPA's Past, Present & Future Plans (EPA Region 2)
- NJ's Ambient Lakes Monitoring Program (NJDEP)

September 6, 2007
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - National Monitoring Network - DE Basin Pilot (DRBC)
  Technical Session Theme - Nutrient Monitoring & Assessment
  - Nutrient Standards & Assessment (NJDEP)
  - Nutrient Monitoring for TMDLs (NJDEP)
  - NJ's Groundwater Nutrient Monitoring (NJDEP)
  - Nutrient Strategy for the Non-Tidal Portion of the Delaware River (DRBC)
  - Use of the SPARROW Model to Predict Nutrient Loads in the Delaware River Basin (USGS)
  - Nutrient Monitoring Research (NJDEP)
  - National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment (NOAA)
January 23, 2008

Agenda
Minutes
Presentations
- Delaware Basin Pilot Update (DRBC)
- NY Bight IOOS Proposal (NJDEP)
Technical Session Theme - Emerging Contaminants
- Emerging Contaminants: Identification, Concerns, Action (EPA Region 2)
- USGS National Efforts in Emerging Contaminants (USGS)
- Effects of Water Treatment on Emerging Contaminants (USGS)
- Monitoring Emerging Contaminants in Ground Water (NJDEP)
- Monitoring Emerging Contaminants in the Tidal Delaware River (DRBC)

June 11, 2008

Agenda
Minutes
Presentations
- NJ's Surface Water Quality Standards Amendments (NJDEP)
- NJ's Participation in EPA's Large Rivers & Streams Survey (NJDEP)
Technical Session Theme - Water Quality Data Management & Exchange

EPA/USGS Web Services Collaboration (EPA HQ/USGS OK)

NJDEP's Enterprise Data Management System & Use of Exchange Network (NJDEP)

NJ's Water Quality Data Exchange Grant (NJDEP)

September 12, 2008
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - NJ's Water Quality Data Exchange Project Update (NJDEP)
  - Delaware Estuary Pilot Project Update (USGS)
  - Draft 2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report Overview (NJDEP)
    Technical Session Theme - Water Quality Data Management: Part 2
  - NOAA's Data Access (NJDEP)
  - Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute's Direct to Web Data Managment System (MERI)
  - Data Management for NJ's Biotic Index Development (Rutgers/IMCS)
  - Rutgers Coastal Remote Sensing & Continuous Monitoring Data Management System (Rutgers/IMCS)
  - Delaware River/Bay Watershed Environmental Monitoring and Analysis System - DEOS/DEWOOS (U. of Delware)
  Technical Session Theme - Continuous Monitoring
  - USGS Continuous Monitoring (USGS)
  - NJDEP Coastal and Estuarine Continuous Monitoring (NJDEP)
  - DRBC Use of Continuous Monitoring (DRBC)

January 21, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - Web Services & NJ's Water Quality Data Exchange Project Update (NJDEP)
  Technical Session Theme - Continuous Monitoring: Part 2
  - Summary of September Council Meeting Continuous Monitoring Discussions (NJDEP)
  - NWQMC Methods Board Sensors Workgroup Update (USGS)
  - NJDEP Use of Continuous Monitoring in Freshwaters (NJDEP)
  - Datalogger Use in the Mullica River-Great Bay System (Rutgers/IMCS)
  - Continuous Monitoring of the Hackensack River: Data Usage (MERI)
  - Summary of 12/12/08 Diurnal Monitoring Workshop (USGS)
  Technical Session Theme - Emerging Contaminants: Update
  - National Update (USGS)

May 20, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - General Information from March NWQMC Meeting (USGS)
  - State/Regional Monitoring Councils Session at March NWQMC Meeting (NJDEP)
  - NJ's Water Quality Data Exchange Project Update (NJDEP)
  - National Water Census on Supply & Demand - What Does this Mean for NJ - (USGS and NJDEP)
  Technical Session Theme - Private Well Testing and Groundwater

Private Well Testing Act & Results (NJDEP)
NJ Ambient Shallow Groundwater Network Update (NJDEP)
National Groundwater Monitoring Workgroup (USGS)

September 30, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentations
  - General Information from July NWQMC Meeting: National Conference & Methods Board (USGS)
  - State/Regional Monitoring Councils Support (NJDEP)
  - NJ Water Monitoring & Education Summit & Volunteer Monitoring (NJDEP)
  - NJ's Water Quality Data Exchange System (NJDEP)
  - Availability of New HUC 12s and Stream Hydrography Coverages (NJDEP)
  - 2008 Integrated Report Results (NJDEP)
  Technical Session Theme - Sensors

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