Vital Signs Support Materials

Listed below is a Compilation of Network Water Quality Work Products, Instruments, Tools (RFPs, SOWs, Contracts/Task Agreements etc.) by phase, other information networks could find useful, and key website links.

The Phase 1-3 example documents provide language used by largely the early networks to obtain the necessary expertise, deliverables, and work products from cooperators in completing phases 1–3 and to support development of the monitoring plan. (Any networks that have a document they feel should be posted here that would be of help to other networks that may follow, please call Pete Penoyer at 970.225.3535.)

Phase 1 Documents: (Network Examples)

• Scope of Work
  • Evaluating Existing Water Quality Information in the Sierra Nevada Network for Vital Signs Water Quality Monitoring Plan
  • Scope of Work, Water Resource Information Assessment, Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network, National Park Service
  • Statement of Work for Developing a Monitoring Plan for the Aquatic Ecosystems in the Northern Great Plains Network
  • Scope of Work, Rocky Mountain Network, Water Quality Planning
  • Interagency Acquisition Agreement, National Park Service, Sierra Nevada Network and U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
• Request for Proposal
• Task Agreements
  • National Park Service/U.S. Geological Survey Task Agreement Example One
  • National Park Service/U.S. Geological Survey Task Agreement Example Two
• Park Water Quality Questionnaire

Phase 2 Documents (Network Examples)

• Table of Water Body Protected Uses

Phase 3 Documents (Network Examples)

• Summary Tables of Aquatic Life Exceedences & Threats
• Sample Design & Protocol Development SOW

Price Quote Summary Information

• Multi-parameter Water Quality Monitoring Field Instrument pricing (Coming Soon)

Continuous Monitoring Notes & Documents

• Guidelines and Standard Procedures for Continuous Water-Quality Monitors: Site Selection, Field Operation, Calibration, Record Computation, and Reporting, USGS Report No. 00-4252 (2000).
• EPA Environmental Technology Verification (Includes MP Instrument)
• Alliance for Coastal Technology (ATC) environmental technology verification

Lab Contract and Cost Information

• USGS-IA Agreement Template
• US Fish & Wildlife Lab Info
• CURE - USGS Lab Example Contract

Key Web Sites

• USGS Field Manual
• EMAP Sampling Design Page
• National Environmental Methods Index
• USGS Nationwide Real Time and Historical Databases (includes groundwater, precipitation, lakes & reservoirs, and water quality tables)
• Bureau of Land Management Water Quality Law Summary (includes water rights and water quality laws for 11 western states)