Sampling and Analysis
Methodology Resources on the Internet
his
listing (in no particular order) of methodology resources on the Internet
is presented as a service to the United States Navy environmental community
by the Marine Environmental Support Office (see administrative information).
The information provided herein was correct, to the best of our knowledge,
at the time of publication. It is important to remember, however, the dynamic
nature of the Internet. Resources that are free and publicly available one
day may require a fee or restrict access the next, and the location of items
may change as menus and homepages are reorganized. Inclusion of any resource
in this listing does not constitute an endorsement by the United States Navy.
All descriptions are taken from the resource sites themselves, and the Marine
Environmental Support Office assumes no responsibility for their accuracy
or the contents of the sites.
Updated: September 23, 2003
Environmental
Protection Agency
- Index to
EPA Test Methods
This site includes only EPA methods and its primary goal is to identify
a source and vendor from which the actual method can be obtained, either
free or for a fee. The Index is updated periodically to reflect new procedures
and to remove superseded or revoked methods. A few of the methods in this
Index are available on the Internet, and a link appears in the Sources list
to take you directly to them.
- EPA Laboratory
Analytical Methods
The EPA publishes laboratory analytical methods that are used by industries
and municipalities to analyze the chemical and biological components of wastewater,
drinking water, sediment, and other environmental samples that are required
by EPA regulations under the authority of the Clean Water Act and the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Almost all of these methods are published by EPA as regulations
at Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This page allows you
to view the method in html format and/or to download the Adobe™ Acrobat™
Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Methods include:
- Method 1600: Membrane Filter Test Method for Enterococci in Water
- Method 1613: Analysis of Dioxins and Furans in Wastewater
- Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA
- Method 1623: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA
- Method 1631: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis
of Pollutants; Measurement of Mercury in Water
- Method 1664: N-Hexane Extractable Material (HEM) and Silica Gel Treated
N-Hexane Extractable Material (SGT-HEM) by Extraction and Gravimetry (Oil
and Grease and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons)
- Method OIA-1677: Available Cyanide by Flow Injection with Ligand Exchange
- Guidelines and Format for Methods to be Proposed at 40 CFR Part 136 or
Part 141
- Methods for Sampling and Analyzing Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish
Tissue
- Bioassessment
and Biocriteria Program
The EPA's Bioassessment and Biocriteria Program helps to describe and evaluate
the biological condition of aquatic communities by monitoring changes in particularly
sensitive species. This site lists five different categories of case studies,
to illustrate the value of such monitoring to both scientists and policy-makers.
Also offered is a glossary of terms, a list of technical assistanceand guidance
documents, and descriptions of the uses of biocriteria and bioassessment data.
The Training link provides different opportunities for instruction on biological
monitoring and other watershed issues.
- 40
CFR Methods
You can obtain 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40) methods from
the Web; select the part or parts you want and download the Adobe™
Acrobat™ file.
- Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) - Laboratory Methods Manual - Estuaries.
Volume 1 - Biological and Physical Analyses
This manual includes sediment toxicity tests, benthic macroinvertebrate
methods, histopathology, silt-clay content, grain size and total organic
carbon laboratory procedures, and suspended solids analyses.
- Evaluation
of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal Testing Manual (the "Green
Book")
This manual contains technical guidance for determining the suitability
of dredged material for ocean disposal through chemical, physical, and biological
evaluations. The technical guidance is intended for use by dredging applicants,
laboratory scientists, and regulators in evaluating dredged-material compliance
with the United States Ocean Dumping Regulations.
- Evaluation
of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. Testing Manual
(Inland Testing Manual)
The Inland Testing Manual (ITM) contains up-to-date procedures to implement
requirements in the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines for
evaluation of potential contaminant-related impacts associated with the
discharge of dredged material in fresh, estuarine, and saline (near-coastal)
waters.
- Field Analytic Technologies
Encyclopedia (FATE)
This online encyclopedia is intended to provide information about technologies
that can be used in the field to characterize contaminated soil and ground
water, monitor the progress of remedial efforts, and in some cases, for
confirmation sampling and analysis for site close-out. It is structured
much like a typical encyclopedia with standard categories of information
provided for each technology class, with hyperlinks to more detailed
information,
further explanations, diagrams, and additional supporting data.
- Microbiology
Test Methods
This website is maintained by the Microbiological & Chemical Exposure Assessment
Research Division of the National Exposure Research Laboratory and contains
microbiological methods, manuals, procedures and allows you to view the
method in html format and/or to download the Adobe™ Acrobat™ file.
- MI Agar Method for Total Coliforms and E. coli
- Method 1623: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA
- April 1999
- Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA - January
1999
- Criteria for Evaluation of Proposed Protozoan Detection Methods
- Method 1600: Membrane Filter Test Method for Enterococci in Water
- USEPA Manual of Methods for Virology
- Rapid
Bioassessment Protocols For Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers: Periphyton,
Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish Second Edition
As the technical guidance for biocriteria has been developed by EPA, states
have found these protocols useful as a framework for their monitoring programs.
This document was meant to have a self-corrective process as the science
advances; the implementation by state water resource agencies has contributed
to refinement of the original RBPs for regional specificity.
- Test
Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846)
SW-846 contains over 200 documents, including the Table of Contents, Disclaimer,
Preface, Chapters One through Thirteen, and many different methods for the
sampling and analysis of wastes. All of the documents found in the Third
Edition of SW-846, as revised by Updates I, II, IIA, IIB, III and IIIA,
are located at this site.
- Whole Effluent
Toxicity (WET) Testing Methods
These WET methods employ standardized, freshwater, marine, and estuarine
vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants to directly measure the acute or
short-term chronic adverse effects of effluents and receiving waters monitored
under NPDES permits. Methods include:
- Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and
Receiving Water to Marine and Estuarine Organisms, Second Edition
- Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters
to Freshwater and Marine Organisms, Third Edition
- Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and
Receiving Water to Freshwater Organisms, Fourth Edition
Chief
of Naval Operations (N457)
Geological
Survey
- National Environmental
Methods Index (NEMI)
NEMI is a project of the Methods and Data Comparability Board (Methods
Board), a partnership of water-quality experts from Federal agencies, States,
Tribes, municipalities, industry, and private organizations. The Council
and Board are workgroups under the Advisory Committee on Water Information
(ACWI), chartered in 1997 to develop a voluntary, integrated, and nationwide
water quality monitoring strategy. The purpose of NEMI is to provide a mechanism
to compare and contrast the performance and relative cost of analytical,
test, and sampling methods for environmental monitoring. NEMI provides a
summary of the procedures and performance data needed to assess methods.
Critical data on sensitivity, accuracy, precision, instrumentation, source
and relative cost are produced as tabular reports, and full methods are
linked to the summaries. A second tool developed by the Methods Board is
a common set of Water Quality Data Elements for documenting the content
and quality of monitoring data. These data elements, also available on the
Web, were also recently adopted by the Environmental Data Standards Council.
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
- Bioindicators
of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress
This WWW site contains information about the Biological Indicators Program
in the Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL). Biological indicators have been developed and applied at a variety
of field sites in the eastern United States to assess and evaluate the effects
that environmental stressors such as contaminants have on the health of
aquatic organisms, populations, and communities. This site offers considerable
explanation of the concepts and theories behind the use of bioindicators,
as well as the structures behind the studies. The progress of five different
studies is also presented, as well as profiles of its numerous laboratories,
both indoor and field labs.
American
Society for Testing and Materials
- For a fee, the ASTM
on-line store offers standards dealing with Metals Test Methods and Analytical
Procedures and Water and Environmental Technology.
