Washington State Department of Ecology

Side-by-Side Sampling Program
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River & Stream Water Quality Monitoring - Side by Side Sampling Participants Metadata Retrieval

Washington Department of Ecology provided the following metadata

Contact information:
ID / name ECOL / Washington Department of Ecology
Web page: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/fw_riv/rv_main.html
Contact: David Hallock  (Stream monitoring data coordinator)
   Phone / Ext:   360.407.6681
   Email:   daha461@ecy.wa.gov
Location of Sampling: Statewide
Program Description Monthly grab sample monitoring at about 100 river and stream stations statewide. Usually from bridges, sometimes from bank or by wading.

 

Methods:
ammonia SM4500NH3H  nitrogen, total SM4500NB 
conductivity SM2510B  nitrogen, total kjeldahl  
E. coli bacteria   Oxygen SM4500OC 
fecal coliform bacteria SM9222D  pH EPA150.1 
flow various  phosphorus, soluble reactive SM4500PG 
nitrogen, nitrate   phosphorus, total SM4500PH 
nitrogen, nitrite   suspended solids, total SM2540D 
nitrogen, nitrate plus nitrite SM4500NO3I  temperature thermistor 
    turbidity SM2130

SM=APHA (American Public Health Association), Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. (Edition may vary.)
EPA=U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1983. Methods for the Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples, Supplement 1. In Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, EPA-600/ 4-79-020. U.S.E.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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