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Understand, Restore, and Protect our Waters: The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (Council) provides a forum to improve the Nation's water quality through partnerships that foster increased understanding and stewardship of our water resources.


Council Highlights and New Products
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Presentations now online!

Presentations from the 8th National Monitoring Conference, held in Portland, OR, in April, 2012, are now available online. This national forum provides an opportunity for water stakeholders to exchange information and technology related to water monitoring, assessment, research, protection, restoration, and management. Check out past conferences here...

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Web Seminar: "Water Quality Report Cards - Assessments made accessible, the Massachusetts experience"

Warren Kimball, Watershed Program Manager, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Worcester, MA, talked about this xciting program his state is involved with. View the presentation here...

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Water Quality Portal

Chemical, physical, and biological data from both NWIS (USGS) and STORET (EPA) are readily accessible online from the Water Quality Portal

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"NEMI-SAMS" -- Statistical and Assessments Methods Search: Beta version

An introduction to a new tool produced by the Water Quality Statistics and Assessments workgroup - currently soliciting comments and feedback. View an introductory Powerpoint here... - - - See the NEMI-SAMS website here...

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Online Newsletter: The National Water Monitoring News, Spring 2012 Issue

Apr. 25, 2012: The Spring 2012 edition is here now! The Council newsletter provides a voice for monitoring practitioners across the Nation and fosters increased understanding and stewardship of our water resources. Read it here...

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Working Together for Clean Water: 2011-12 Council Highlights

Mar. 30, 2012: Council efforts to improve communication, collaboration, and coordination are highlighted in this 4-page summary.
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Volunteer Monitoring News, Issue 1

Mar. 1, 2012: There is a new electronic newsletter written for – and by – the volunteer water-quality monitoring community.This new national newsletter is about your program and your efforts. Several topics will be discussed, such as monitoring successes, new lab or field methods, new partnerships, improved approaches to sustaining your program, or tips on improving data quality assurance. Click here for more information or here to start reading!
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National Network of Reference Watersheds and Monitoring Sites for U.S. Freshwater Streams

The Council has proposed the development of a collaborative and multipurpose national network of reference watersheds and monitoring sites that would provide quality-assured data and information for use in understanding the effects of land use change, water use, atmospheric deposition, and climate change. Read more here...