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Volunteer Monitoring Curriculum

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PNW Water Quality and Monitoring Program
A 15-hour short course on voluntary water monitoring by local citizens was delivered in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with the support of USDA-CSREES funds in 1999-2000. The course includes eight hours of classroom training and seven hours in the field doing physical, biological, and chemical assessments of surface waters. Evaluations by participants and requests for the curriculum showed the success of the course. Follow the links below to download PDF files of individual chapters. Please note that links will become active as they are added.
Table of Contents
Cover and Acknowledgements Program Summary Short-Course Basics Introduction and Welcome Part One: Water, Watersheds, and Beneficial Uses of Water Module 1: Learn, Plan, and Act Module 2: Water and Watershed Concepts Module 3: Beneficial Uses and TMDLs Module 4: Survey of Local Water Uses / Resources Part Two: Ground, Drinking, and Surface Water Module 5: Ground Water, Drinking Water, and Standards Module 6: Why We Monitor and Volunteer Monitoring Module 7: How We Monitor and Practical Reporting Module 8: Addressing Key Local Water Concerns Part Three: Nine Key Indicators of Surface Water Quality Module 9: Surface Water Quality (including chemistry) Module 10: Water Quality Testing Kits Module 11: Physical Habitat Assessment Module 12: Biological Habitat Assessment Part Four: Experience Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Safety in the Field Module 13: Safety and Access Issues Module 14: Streamwalk: Monitoring Stream Surface Waters Module 15: Monitoring Ponds and Lakes Module 16: Monitoring Beach / Estuary Surface Waters Part Five: Spread the Word! Module 17: Spread the Word! Options for Citizen Involvement and Contact Information to Obtain Additional Resources; Links to Ongoing Local, State, and Regional Water Quality and Monitoring Programs Journal Water Quality and Monitoring Journal Glossary Water words Appendix A Overheads Appendix B Website Directory (Links and References) Appendix C Water Quality Indice Charts Appendix D Certificate of Completion Appendix E Handouts

A cooperative program consisting of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
and
the Land Grant Colleges and Universities.

- a Regionally-Based National Network -

CSREES National Water Quality Program

The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Partners in this Regional Program are also equal opportunity providers and employers.

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page last modified on August 27, 2006

CSREES PNW Regional Water Quality Program