Publication Summary

This is the Quality Assurance Project Plan for the study, Groundwater Assessment Program Pilot Study Phase 2

In response to concerns regarding the absence of a systematic, state-level approach to measuring and describing ambient groundwater conditions, a pilot test of a Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology)-based groundwater assessment program was recommended. The program design proposed for trial is intended to provide comparable procedures for the collection of baseline information about groundwater and hydrogeologic conditions at a basin or subbasin scale. Conducting a pilot study will allow evaluation and refinement of the technical methods and schedule, staff, and budget requirements of the proposed assessment approach. The lessons learned during the pilot study will be instrumental in the agency′s decision whether to pursue and dedicate resources to a longer-term state program.

In October 2003, a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QA Project Plan) was published describing field activities being conducted during the pilot study under the terms of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant (Phase 1). This current plan was prepared to describe the field activities for the remaining portion of the pilot study (Phase 2).

Link to EIM data for User Study ID GAP0001