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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 (200KB PDF)
• Download instructions for NFM (43MB ZIP), 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 All versions that were published previously in a printed format have been superseded by the online manual.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.)
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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 2.2 (9/2004) and Errata. Includes sections below:

5.6.1.F, "Wastewater, Pharmaceutical, and Antibiotic Compounds" (984 KB PDF)

5.6.4.A, "Arsenic Speciation" Version 1.1 (1/2005)(3.52MB PDF)

5.6.4.B, "Low-level Mercury" (542KB PDF)

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)

Citation Information for the National Field Manual

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., 2005, Preparations for water sampling: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A1, January, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A1/

A2

Lane, S.L., Flanagan, Sarah, and Wilde, F.D., 2003, Selection of equipment for water sampling (ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A2, March, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A2/

A3

Wilde, F.D., ed., 2004, Cleaning of Equipment for water sampling (ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A3, April, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A3/

A4

U.S. Geological Survey, 2006, Collection of water samples (ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A4, September, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A4/

A5

Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., 2004, Processing of water samples (version 2.1): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A5, April, 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., 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, July, 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., 2007, Fecal indicator bacteria (ver. 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.1, February, accessed __date__ from http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A7/

A8

Radtke, D.B., Revised 2005, Bottom-material samples: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A8, June, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A8/

A9

Lane, S.L., and Fay, R.G., 1997, Safety in field activities: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A9, October, accessed __date__ at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/twri9A9/