NWQMC:
National Water Quality Monitoring Council
- Purpose:
To provide a national forum for coordination of consistent
and scientifically defensible methods and strategies
to improve water quality monitoring, assessment and
reporting. To promote partnerships to foster collaboration,
advance the science and improve management within
all elements of the water quality monitoring community.
- Workgroups
- Methods
and Data Comparability Board
- Water
Information Strategies
- Collaboration
and Outreach
- Watershed
Components Interaction
MDCB:
Methods and Data Comparability Board
WQDE:
Water Quality Data Elements
- Purpose:
WQDEs are lists of the minimum elements or metadata
that give a data user information about the data so
that they can make an informed decision as to the
quality of those data, and the comparability of those
data for their question or purpose. WQDEs should be
readily available to other interested parties, along
with the data, to facilitate information sharing and
data exchange. Lists are divided into modules specific
to different types of water quality monitoring analyses
(e.g. chemical, microbiological, toxicological, biological).
The proposed lists are not a set of required information.
They are intended as a means to help data collectors
and database managers more effectively characterize
their data and thereby, promote the use of those data
by others.
NEMI:
National Environmental Methods Index
NEMI
is a free, searchable clearinghouse of methods and procedures
for both regulatory and non-regulatory monitoring purposes
for water, sediment, air and tissues. NEMI is a great
resource for organizations that are looking to achieve
a higher level of quality assurance to their water quality
monitoring programs.
Use
NEMI as a guide to compare and contrast the performance
and relative cost analytical, text and sampling methods
for environmental monitoring before purchasing equipment,
creating a quality assurance plan or starting your monitoring
program. For more information regarding NEMI please
visit, www.nemi.gov
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