Methods
and Data Comparability Strategy
|
Element |
Element Considerations |
Product or
Activity |
Identify
Objectives and Design of Monitoring Project
|
Study
Objectives |
|
DQO
Paper (future activity) |
Monitoring
Questions |
|
Expert
system (ongoing) |
Data
Quality Objectives |
NEMI |
Measurement
Quality Objectives |
|
PBS:
NWQMC Technical Report 01-02 |
|
Sampling
Design |
|
COD
Pilot (draft) |
|
Collect
Data in the Field
|
Field
Certification and Training |
|
Field
Certification Position Paper (Future Activity) |
Field
Protocols |
|
NEMI
(Phase 3) |
|
Field
Method Performance |
|
Field
Biology PBS Paper |
Sample
Handling and Preservation |
Nutrient
PBS Pilot |
|
|
|
Macroinvertebrate
PBS Pilot |
|
Collect
Data in the Laboratory
|
Method
Comparability |
|
NEMI |
Laboratory
Accreditation |
|
Federal
Laboratory Accreditation |
Reference
Materials Availability |
|
Coordination
with NELAC |
|
Laboratory
Method Verification |
State
Laboratory Accreditation Position (Future Activity)
|
|
|
PBS
Position Paper (NWQMC Tech Report 01-02) |
|
|
|
COD
Pilot Paper |
|
Manage
Data |
Required
Metadata |
|
Water
Quality Data Elements |
|
Data
Quality Documentation |
|
Chemical
and Microbiological List (ACWI Approved 2001)
|
|
|
|
Biological
List (In development)
|
|
|
|
NEMI
coordination (ongoing)
|
|
|
|
|