General Resources

Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) website has a number of tools and resources http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/

Information about the statewide effort to develop biological objectives and how to participate www.swrcb.ca.gov/plans_policies/biological_objective.shtml

SWAMP Clean Water Team, Citizen Monitoring: training and educational materials http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/cwt_volunteer.shtml       

SWAMP Field Methods Course (CD) which is also available online at http://water101.waterboards.ca.gov/swamp/qapp_advisor/FieldMethods/start.html  Information about the course at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/cdrom.shtml

The California Water Quality Monitoring Council report “Preliminary Inventory of Monitoring Programs” (2008). It has helpful information about, and links to, the state’s major monitoring/assessment programs, support tools, and data libraries  http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/monitoring_council/

“Webinars” on various water issues are available through SWRCB’CWQMC http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/monitoring_council/

California Watershed Assessment Manual has a comprehensive treatment of watershed data collection and assessment http://cwam.ucdavis.edu/

Salmonid Restoration Federation trainings in watershed assessment http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/Webpages/srf-trainings.html

IMAP monitoring related training http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21737

Department of Fish and Game BIOS biological data viewer tutorials http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/   

SWAMP Clean Water Team Clean Water Team Resources

Water Clarity (Transparency) and Color Using a Secchi Disc http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3151.pdf

Water Clarity (Transparency) Using a Transparency Tube http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3152.pdf

Using Transparency Tube and Total Suspended Solids(TSS) Data to Assess Stream Turbidity   http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3152a.pdf

Turbidity Measurement Using the Dual Cylinder Method http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3153.pdf

Turbidity Using a Nephelometer ("Turbidimeter") http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3154.pdf

Collection and Use of Total Suspended Solids    http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3157a.pdf

Fact Sheet - Water Color      http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3159.pdf

Determining Color Water  http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/cwt/guidance/3159a.pdf

Other Monitoring Methods  http://dipin.kent.edu/methods.htm