Water Resources--Office of Water Quality
National Field Manual
for the Collection of
Water-Quality Data
Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations
Book 9
Handbooks for Water-Resources Investigations
Announcements
- Overview of the
National Field Manual
-
Download instructions for NFM,
a compilation of the pdf files, current as of 2/2008.
- Comments and Errata
- How to cite the
National Field Manual. (Citation information is for the online manual and its individually
updated chapters. All versions that were published previously in a printed format have been
superseded by the online manual. All previous versions are available as archive files from
each chapter's Web page.)
- E-mail nfm-owq@usgs.gov to request information or make comments.
National Field Manual Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Chapter
- A1.
- Preparations for Water Sampling (1/2005)
- A2.
- Selection of Equipment for Water Sampling (Version 2.0, 3/2003)
- A3.
- Cleaning of Equipment for Water Sampling (Version 2.0, 4/2004)
- A4.
-
Collection of Water Samples (Version 2.0, 9/2006)
- A5.
- Processing
of Water Samples, Version 2.1 (4/04) and Errata. Additional sections are below:
5.6.1.F,
"Wastewater, Pharmaceutical, and Antibiotic Compounds" (separate pdf, 984 KB)
5.6.4.A, "Arsenic Speciation" (Version 1.1 (1/2005); separate pdf, 3.52 MB)
5.6.4.B, "Low-level Mercury" (separate pdf, 542 KB)
- A6.
- Field Measurements
-
6.0
- General Information and Guidelines (Version 1.2, 8/2005)
- 6.1
- Temperature (Version 2, 3/2006)
- 6.2
- Dissolved Oxygen (6/2006)
- 6.3
- Specific Electrical Conductance (8/2005)
- 6.4
- pH (Version 1.3, 1/2006)
- 6.5
- Reduction-Oxidation Potential-Electrode Method (9/2005)
- 6.6
- Alkalinity and Acid
Neutralizing Capacity (Version 3, 7/2006)
- 6.7
- Turbidity (9/2005)
- 6.8
- Use of Multiparameter Instruments for Routine Field Measurements (8/2007)
-
A7.
- Biological Indicators
7.0. Five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (11/2003)
7.1. Fecal Indicator Bacteria (Version 2.0, 2/2007)
7.2. Fecal Indicator Viruses (11/2003)
7.3. Protozoan Pathogens (11/2003)
7.4. Algal Biomass Indicators (Version 1.0, 8/2007)
- A8.
- Bottom-Material Samples (6/2005)
- A9.
-
Safety in Field Activities (10/97)
Chapter updates and revisions are ongoing and are summarized on the Comments and Errata page. Archived editions or versions of chapters or chapter sections are available from the chapter links above.
Citation for the complete manual:
U.S. Geological Survey, variously dated, National field manual for the collection of water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chaps. A1-A9, available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A.
Citation for each chapter:
A1
Wilde, F.D., January 2005, Preparations for water sampling:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A1,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A1/
A2
Lane, S.L., Flanagan, Sarah, and Wilde, F.D., March 2003, Selection of equipment for water sampling
(ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A2,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A2/
A3
Wilde, F.D., ed., April 2004, Cleaning of Equipment for water sampling (ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9,
chap. A3, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A3/
A4
U.S. Geological Survey, September 2006, Collection of water samples (ver. 2.0):
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A4,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A4/
A5
Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., April 2004, Processing of water samples
(version 2.1): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A5,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A5/ (Separate updates for 5.6.1.F,
"Wastewater, pharmaceutical, and antibiotic compounds," 5.6.4.A, "Arsenic speciation," and 5.6.4.B, "Low-level Mercury" are provided on the Web page.)
A6
Wilde, F.D., ed., chapter sections variously dated, Field measurements:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A6,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A6/ (Chapter sections are cited by author and date.)
Example of citation for a section:
Rounds, S.A., July 2006, Alkalinity and acid neutralizing capacity
(version 3.0):
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A6.,
section 6.6, accessed __date__ from http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A6/
A7
U.S. Geological Survey, variously dated, Biological indicators:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A7/ (Chapter sections are cited by author and date.)
Example of citation for a section:
Myers, D.N., Stoeckel, D.M., Bushon, R.N., Francy, D.S., and Brady, A.M.G., February 2007,
Fecal indicator bacteria (ver. 2.0):
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.1,
accessed __date__ from http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A7/
A8
Radtke, D.B., Revised June 2005, Bottom-material samples:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A8,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A8/
A9
Lane, S.L., and Fay, R.G., October 1997, Safety in field activities:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A9,
accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A9/
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