Tributary Workgroup Case Study

Outline for presentation Why Coordinate? Approach of SW Tributary workgroup SW Tributary Workgroup progress and next steps NAWQA/CMI example What mutually beneficial steps to coordinate these programs Which programs do we look at next?

Why Coordinate Monitoring? Many entities collecting information to meet a variety of objectives Goals, locations, constituents may overlap Without coordination expenditures aren’t as efficient as possible to meet multiple goals Must be mutually beneficial

Approach to Coordinating Develop Broad Based monitoring entities membership Develop inventory of locations, constituents, protocols Determine overlaps and gaps Determine how similar and different objectives can be met while filling gaps and reducing overlaps Determine means to share data

SW Tributary Progress Broad based monitoring workgroup membership discussed and contacts made Workgroup questionnaire completed leading to a draft strategic plan Limited inventory begun, detailed objectives and protocol inventory form prepared

Next Steps Continue to work on membership Complete detailed inventory of objectives, locations, protocols Determine overlaps and gaps between individual programs Agree on parameters, protocols, data sharing approaches for coordination Connect as many entities as possible

NAWQA/CMI Example Objectives Network Design – temporal and spatial Constituents sampled Protocols – field, laboratory, QAQC Database – metadata standards, national database Compare and determine gaps and overlaps and how to address

NAWQA/CMI Objectives NAWQA – determine occurrence and distribution, trends, and understanding of sources, transport and effects CMI – (Gary fill in)

NAWQA/CMI Network Design NAWQA Basic Fixed Sites (now trend sites), frequency varies over high and low phases topical/synoptic study sites – frequency varies CMI (Gary fill in)

NAWQA/CMI constituents CMI (Gary Fill in) NAWQA Physical measurements – flow, sediment Field Parameters – pH, SC. DO, alkalinity Chemistry – nutrients, pesticides, trace elements, etc Biology – habitat, algae, fish, macro-invertebrates, microbes Sediment chemistry – organics and trace elements (in lake cores) Tissue Chemistry - mercury

NAWQA/CMI Protocols NAWQA –Published for Field and Laboratory, biology and chemistry and lake coring –QAQC samples collected, laboratory QAQC available –EWI for chemistry CMI –(Gary fill in)

NAWQA/CMI Data Management NAWQA –On-line database –Metadata provided with data CMI –(Gary fill in)

NAWQA/CMI Overlaps Overlaps (list examples here for each of these facets) Objectives Locations Sampling Frequency Consituents Protocols Database

NAWQA/CMI Gaps Gaps (list examples for each of these facets Objectives Locations Sampling Frequency Consituents Protocols Database

What can be done to mutual benefit? Location changes or concurrence on approach Frequency changes or concurrence on approach Constituent changes or concurrence Protocol changes or tests or concurrence Metadata agreement, database linkages