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Why Monitor Water Quality?

Why Monitor Water Quality?. Characterize sources Determine effectiveness of implementation Characterize waters, changes/trends over time Identify existing or emerging water quality problems Gather information to design specific pollution prevention or remediation programs;. Monitoring Design.

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Why Monitor Water Quality?

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  1. Why Monitor Water Quality? • Characterize sources • Determine effectiveness of implementation • Characterize waters, changes/trends over time • Identify existing or emerging water quality problems • Gather information to design specific pollution prevention or remediation programs;

  2. Monitoring Design • Decide question(s) to be answered • ID data/info user(s) • Plan/design investigation w/user(s) • Collect data/info • Give data/info to user(s) • User(s) analysis and use

  3. Data vs. Information DATA = ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET FILES

  4. EXAMPLES: Data and Information Uses and Users Own Use Use Support Data Science/ Research/ Investigative Supplemental Modeling Local Gov’t DWQ NSAB/ Local Gov’t Interested Parties DATA: DWQ DWQ DWQ INFORMATION:

  5. Data Coordination Benthic Macroinvertebrates Fish Community ESS Ambient Data Reservoir/Lake Data DWQ Planning Coalition Data Integrated Report 303(d) and 305(b) DEH Shellfish Data State Agencies Assessment And AU Assignment DEH Beach Mon Other DWQ Data DHHS Fish Consumption USGS/EPA/NRCS Others Universities Local Governments Utilities

  6. http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ps/mtu/assessment#4

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