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.
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Webinar: "Burning Our Rivers: The Water Footprint of Electricity"
A new report by River Network provides an important accounting of how much water is used to generate electricity on an average per-kilowatt basis. The Burning Our Rivers report summarizes current research on the water use and consumption of all power production in the U.S., including both non-renewable and renewable energy sources. View the presentation || Read the report |
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Comparability of Biological Assessments
Biological assessment comparability 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... |
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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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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... |
