· This draft manual was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through contract no. 68C with Tetra Tech, Inc. and through cooperative agreement no. CT with the River Watch Network. The project manager was Alice Mayio, USEPA Offi ce of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds. Principal authors include Eric Dohner, Abby . · March EPAB The Volunteer Estuary Monitoring Manual contains information and methodologies specific to monitoring estuarine water quality. The manual includes information that is useful to new and established volunteer estuary monitoring programs. This manual aids in understanding estuaries, what makes them unique, the Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. · Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods manual (PDF) This document covers the basic elements of stream monitoring, how to conduct a watershed survey, how to measure various water quality components, and how to manage and present monitoring data. (EPA B) Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual (PDF) () This guide Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.

Increasingly, state, local, and federal agencies are finding that citizen volunteers are valuable partners in programs to monitor and protect our nation's water resources. Among the most developed and widespread of these programs are those that monitor existing or potential lake pollution problems. The EPA has developed Volunteer Lake Monitoring: A Methods Manual (PDF) (65 pages, KB) to present specific information on volunteer lake water quality monitoring methods. Volunteer Lake Monitoring: A Methods Manual. EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (F), Washington, DC EPA USEPA. Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual. EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (F), Washington, DC EPA B USEPA. Volunteer Water Monitoring: A Guide. Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual, the third in the series, is designed as a companion document to Volunteer Water Monitoring: A Guide for State Managers. The guide describes the role of volunteer monitoring in state programs and discusses how managers can best organize, implement, and maintain volunteer programs. This document builds on the concepts discussed in the Guide for State Managers and applies them directly to streams and rivers.

In , the DEP launched a statewide volunteer river monitoring program (VRMP). Handbook (USDA); Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual (US EPA). ment that the Water Action Volunteers (WAV) stream monitoring methods were configured SOURCE: Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring (13th Edition). Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual (). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, The Ocean.