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The "National Water Monitoring News" highlights recent activities of the national Council as well as those of state, regional, and tribal councils, watershed partnerships, and volunteer monitoring groups. Articles are included on monitoring success stories and other relevant topics on monitoring designs and assessments; related upcoming events, conferences, and links.

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Please contact the Co-Chair of the Collaboration and Outreach workgroup for notification of future newsletters or to suggest a topic for the newsletter.

Newsletter

Spring 2019 newsletter coverVol. 18, Spring 2019
  • National Council Highlights
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Recent Publications
  • and more!
Fall 2018 newsletter coverVol. 17, Fall 2018
  • National Council Highlights
  • Ask DatAbby
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Tools and Technology
  • and more!
Spring 2018 newsletter coverVol. 16, Spring 2018
  • National Council Highlights
  • Ask DatAbby: Quality of Data or Data Quality?
  • A Snapshot of Algal Toxins in Our Nation's Waterways
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Tools and Technology
  • and more!
fall 2017 newsletter coverVol. 15, Fall 2017
  • National Monitoring News
  • New Interagency Report on HABs
  • NARS Update: EPA/State/Tribal National Aquatic Resource Surveys
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Tools and Technology
  • and more!
Spring 2017 newsletter coverVol. 14, Spring 2017
  • Water Quality Portal -- More Data, More Features, and More Users!
  • Spotlight on the Subcommittee on Ground Water
  • Integrating Citizen Science into EPA Mission and Programs
  • Quality of the Nation's Groundwater: Progress on a National Survey
  • Tools and Technology
  • and more!
spring 2016 newsletter coverVol. 13, Fall 2016
  • 2016 National Monitoring Conference Highlights
  • New Cyanobacteria Monitoring Tools for Citizen Science
  • Improved Water Quality in Deer Lake, WI
  • Nutrient Sensor Challenge Update
  • Tribal News
  • and more!
spring 2016 newsletter coverVol. 12, Spring 2016
  • National Council Highlights
  • Collaboration Through Partnerships
  • Spotlight on States
  • Tribal News
  • and more!
fall 2015 newsletter coverVol. 11, Fall 2015
  • Groundwater Monitoring Network
  • National Aquatic Resource Survey (NARS)
  • Pesticide Mapping Tool
  • Spotlight on Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Long-term Nitrate Trends
  • and more!
fall/winter 2014 newsletter coverVol. 10, Spring 2015
  • National Network of Reference Watersheds Webpage Launch
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Tribal News
  • Oregon's Domestic Well Safety Program
  • Automated Coastal Nutrient Observatory
  • and more!
fall/winter 2014 newsletter cover Vol. 9, Fall 2014
  • Highlights from the 2014 National Monitoring Conference
  • Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • The Nutrient Sensor Challenge
  • and more!
fall/winter 2013 newsletter coverVol. 8, Fall/Winter 2013
  • Release of NEMI 4.0
  • Midwest Stream Quality Assessment
  • Spotlight on States
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • Tribal News
  • and more!
spring 2012 newsletter coverVol. 6, Fall 2012
  • 2012 Conference Highlights
  • Water Quality Portal
  • USGS Coop Program
  • Forest Service Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessments
  • and more!
spring 2012 newsletter coverVol. 5, Spring 2012 
  • Statistical NEMI
  • National Aquatic Surveys
  • Volunteer Monitoring
  • North Carolina Coastal Waters
  • Lake Michigan
  • and much more
fall 2011 newsletter cover Vol. 4, Fall 2011 
  • National Wetland Condition Assessment
  • Urban Water Partnership
  • Bivalve Monitoring in the Great Lakes
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Reference Site Network
  • and more
thumbnail image of Spring 2011 newsletter cover Vol. 3, Spring 2011 
  • Webinars
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
  • Rocky Mountain Nutrients
  • Monongahela River
  • Iowa Volunteers
  • Wild Rice and Tribes
  • World Water Monitoring Day
thumbnail image of newsletter vol. 2 cover Vol. 2, Fall 2010 
  • 2010 Conference
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Indiana's Field Day
  • Groundwater Network
  • Marcellus Volunteers
  • Data Exchange
thumbnail image of newsletter cover Vol. 1, April 2010 
  • Aquatic Sensors Guides
  • NEMI's 10th Year
  • Tribal Water Council
  • Physical Habitat Data
  • National Monitoring Network