Oregon's Curtis Cude presents "Healthy Waters 101: Water Quality Monitoring for Public Health"

Check out last month's presentation on HIS from CUASHI's Rick Hooper, or view other past webinars here.

Chemical, physical, and biological data from both NWIS (USGS) and STORET (EPA) are readily accessible online from the Water Quality Portal, a web service sponsored by the USGS, EPA, and the Council.

NEW ISSUE: Volunteer Monitoring News, Issue 2

The second issue of the new electronic newsletter written for – and by – the volunteer water-quality monitoring community has been released. Click here for more information or here to start reading!

The Fall 2012 issue of our biannual newsletter is out, with news and reports from around the world of monitoring.

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...

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

Comparability of biological assessments is the subject of 4 articles that are written based on the concept that quality control provides the single most important building block of comparability analysis. Read more...

National Network of Reference Watersheds and Monitoring Sites for U.S. Freshwater Streams

A collaborative and multipurpose national network of reference watersheds and monitoring sites is being developed to 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...