Water Resources--Office of Water Quality

National Field Manual

6.0 GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

Version 1.2 (August 2005) 2.48 MB pdf

Abstract

This report summarizes information, guidelines, and minimum requirements that apply generally to the seven field-measurement sections that comprise the rest of Chapter A6 of this U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (NFM). Protocols are specified for establishing and maintaining data records, use of field-measurement instruments and methods, and quality assurance of data-collection and reporting methods that are relevant to surface-water and ground-water field-measurement activities.

Contents

6.0 - General Information and Guidelines

By F.D. Wilde and D.B. Radtke

6.0.1

Records, field instruments, and quality assurance

6.0.2

Surface water

6.0.2.A Locating point(s) of measurement
6.0.2.B In situ and subsample measurement procedures

6.0.3

Ground water

6.0.3.A Well purging
6.0.3.B Downhole, flowthrough-chamber, and subsample measurement procedures

Selected references

Maintainer: Office of Water Quality
Last Modified: 14Jun06 imc
Archive of Section 6.0, dated 7/2003 (pdf)
Archive of Section 6.0, dated 8/2005 (582 kb pdf)