Surface Water Quality Monitoring Procedures, Volume 1: Physical and Chemical Monitoring Methods

For updates to these procedures see: Updates to the Procedures for Surface Water Quality Monitoring. The guidance in these updates supersedes the information in the published manual below.

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• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: General Monitoring Guidelines
• Chapter 3: Field Measurements
• Chapter 4: Collecting and Analyzing Bacteriological Samples
• Chapter 5: Collecting Water Samples
• Chapter 6: Collecting Sediment Samples
• Chapter 7: Collecting Tissue Samples
• Chapter 8: Calibrating and Maintaining Multiprobe Instruments
• Chapter 9: Required Equipment and Spare Parts
• Chapter 10: Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• Chapter 11: Field Safety
• Appendix A: Monitoring Resources Online
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Appendix C: Conversion Table
• Appendix D: Abbreviations
• References