Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

Chapter 8: Monitoring and Tracking Techniques to Accompany Management Measures

I. Introduction

II. Techniques for Assessing Water Quality and for Estimating Pollutant Loads

A. Nature and Scope of Nonpoint Source Problems
B. Monitoring Objectives
1. Section 6217 Objectives
2. Formulating Monitoring Objectives

C. Monitoring Approaches

1. General
2. Understanding the System to Be Monitored
3. Experimental Design
4. Site Locations
5. Sampling Frequency and Interval
6. Load Versus Water Quality Status Monitoring
7. Paramater Selection
8. Sampling Techniques
9. Quality Assurance and Quality Control

D. Data Needs
E. Statistical Considerations
1. Variability and Uncertainty
2. Samples and Sampling
3. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

F. Data Analysis

III. Techniques and Procedures for Assessing Implementation, Operation, and Maintainance of Management Measures

A. Overview

B. Techniques

1. Implentation
2. Operation and Maintainance

IV. References

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