Quality Assurance Program Plan
Fin al
May 20 17
Quality Assurance Program Plan
Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
SW AM P Quality Assurance Program Plan | 2017 ? Fin al Draft
Publication Availability
This publication is available on the State Water Resources Control Board, Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Website.
Contacts
Melissa Morris Senior Environmental Scientist, Unit Chief SWAMP Information Management and Quality Assurance Center (SWAMP IQ) Office of Information Management and Analysis State Water Resources Control Board 1001 I Street, Floor 19. Office 65A. Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916)-341-5868
Lori Webber Senior Environmental Scientist, Unit Chief SWAMP Unit Office of Information Management and Analysis State Water Resources Control Board 1001 I Street, Floor 19. Office 65C. Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916)-341-5556
Approvals
An approval signature page will be maintained by the SWAMP QA Officer and will be made available upon request.
List of Acronyms
A list of acronyms used in this plan can be located in Appendix A.
Distribution List
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SW AM P Quality Assurance Program Plan | 2017 ? Fin al Draft The distribution list can be located in Appendix B.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
4
Pr ef ace
10
Program M anagement
11
Prin cip al Data Users & Decisio n Makers
11
Program Ro les an d Resp o n sib ilities
11
Program Ad m in istration
12
Program Management
13
Program Co ord in ato r
13
Co n tracts an d Bu d gets Staff
13
Statewid e Pro ject Oversigh t
14
Pro ject Man agem en t an d Co ord in atio n
14
Statewid e Mo n ito rin g Pro jects
14
Regio n al Mon ito rin g Pro jects
15
Qu ality Assu ran ce an d In fo rm atio n Man agem en t
17
Qu ality Assu ran ce Oversigh t
17
Qu ality Assu ran ce an d In fo rm atio n Man agem en t
17
SW AMP Qu ality Assu ran ce Officer
17
SW AMP Datab ase Man ager
18
Sp ecialized Data-Typ e Man agers
18
Pro ject Data Liaiso n
19
Field , Labo rato ry, an d Tech n ical Services
19
Regio n al Field an d /o r Lab o rato ry Su p p ort Services
20
Partn ersh ip Field an d /or Labo rato ry Su p p ort Services
20
Califo rn ia Dep artm en t o f Fish an d W ild life
20
CDFW Aqu atic Bio assessm en t Lab
20
CDFW Marin e Po llu tion Stu d ies Lab
20
Un iversity o f Califo rn ia, Davis
21
Aq u atic Health Pro gram Labo rato ry
21
Gran ite Can yo n
21
Califo rn ia State Un iversity
21
CSU, San Marco s (Califo rn ia Prim ary Algae Lab)
21
CSU, Lo n g Beach Research Fo u n d atio n
21
Scien ce an d Research In stitu tes (SFEI)
22
San Fran cisco Estu ary In stitu te
22
Sou th ern Califo rn ia Coastal W ater Research Pro ject (SCCW RP)
22
Co m m ercial Lab oratories
22
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Ben d Gen etics, LLC.
22
Eco An alysts, In c.
22
Prim ary Ch em istry Lab - TBD (To Be Determ in ed )
22
Mo o re Twin in g Asso ciates, In c.
23
Cel An alytical, In c.
23
Regio n 9 Ch em istry Lab - TBD (To Be Determ in ed )
23
Program Do cu m en tation
24
Missio n Plan n in g Do cu m en ts
25
SW AMP Strategy
25
SW AMP Assessm en t Fram ewo rk
26
SW AMP Tim elin e
26
SW AMP Wo rk Plan
26
Qu ality Assu ran ce Plan n in g Do cu m en ts
26
Statewid e Mo n ito rin g Pro ject Plan n in g (Sp ecific Req u irem en ts)
27
Regio n al Mon ito rin g Pro ject Plan n in g (Sp ecific Requ irem en ts)
27
Oth er Plan n in g Do cu m en tatio n (All Pro jects)
28
Bu d get Plan
28
SW AMP Stan d ard Co n tract Lan gu age
28
Pro ject Kicko ff Prep aratio n Materials
29
Stan d ard Op eratin g Proced u res (SOP)
29
Stan d ard ized fo rm s
30
Field Sh eets
30
Ch ain o f Cu sto d y
30
Co m m u n icatio n Plan
30
Rep ort Do cu m en ts
31
An n u al W ater Qu ality Statu s Rep o rt
31
SW AMP Statewid e Pro ject Rep orts
31
SW AMP Newsletter
31
SW AMP Tech n ical Mem o s an d Fact Sh eets
31
State W ater Bo ard An n u al Qu ality Assu ran ce Rep o rt an d W ork Plan
32
Co rrective an d Preven tive Actio n Rep orts
32
Program Descrip tio n
33
Mo n ito rin g Pro jects
34
Statewid e Mo n ito rin g Pro jects
34
Statewid e Bio assessm en t Pro gram
36
Peren n ial Stream s Assessm en t
36
Referen ce Co n d itio n Man agem en t
36
U.S. Forest Service Man agem en t In d icato r Sp ecies Mo n itorin g Pro gram 37
US EPA Nation al Aqu atic Resou rce Su rveys
37
Statewid e Stream Po llu tio n Tren d s Mon ito rin g Program
37
Statewid e Bio accu m u latio n Pro gram
37
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Lakes an d Reservo irs
38
Rivers an d Stream s
38
Coastal Waters
38
W ild life Stu d y
38
Statewid e Fresh water Harm fu l Algal Blo om Program
40
Statewid e Citizen Mo n ito rin g Pro gram (Clean W ater Team )
40
Regio n al Mon ito rin g Pro jects
41
Co ord in atio n an d W orkgrou p s
43
Califo rn ia W ater Qu ality Mo n ito rin g Cou n cil
43
Health y Watersh ed s Partn ersh ip
44
Bio accu m u latio n Oversigh t Gro u p (BOG)
44
In lan d Beach es Wo rkgro u p
44
Califo rn ia Cyan o b acteria an d Harm fu l Algal Bloo m Network (CCHAB)
44
SW AMP Rou n d tab le
45
SW AMP Co ord in ato rs Grou p
45
Statewid e Pro ject W orkgrou p s
46
SW AMP BOG Scien tific Review Co m m ittee
46
SW AMP SPo T Scien tific Review Co m m ittee
46
Cyan o bacteria Lab orato ry Network
46
Oth er SW AMP Pro ject W orkgrou p s
47
Program Qu ality Ob jectives
48
In ten d ed Data Uses
48
In vestigatio n
49
Am b ien t
50
Pu b lic Health
52
Fish Co n su m p tio n Ad visories
53
Harm fu l Algal Blo o m Ad viso ries
53
Swim m in g Ad visories/Beach Closu res
54
Regu latio n
54
Califo rn ia's W ater Qu ality Co n tro l System
55
Assessm en t Th resh o ld Selectio n
56
Data Qu ality In d icato rs
56
Pr e c is io n
57
Accu racy (Bias)
58
Sen sitivity an d Reso lu tio n
59
Rep resen tativen ess
59
Co m p arab ility
59
Co m p leten ess
60
Sp ecial Train in g/Certificatio n
60
Field Crews
60
Train in g
60
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Field Activities Perm its & Perm issio n s
61
Lab oratories
61
Lab oratory Certificatio n Requ irem en ts
61
Pro ject Man agers
62
SW AMP Mem bers
62
SW AMP IQ
62
SW AMP Co n tract Man agers
63
Do cu m en ts an d Record s
63
Data Generation and Acquisition
64
Sampling Design
64
Sampling Design Program Policy
64
Deferral of Sampling Design Description
64
Sampling M ethods
65
Sampling M ethod Program Policy
65
Deferral of Sampling M ethod Information
65
Sampling M ethod QA Program-Defined Requirements
65
SW AM P Bioassessment Required Sampling Protocols:
66
M acroinvertebrates and Algae
66
California Rapid Assessment M ethod
66
Sample Handling and Custody
66
Sample Handling and Custody Program Policy
66
Deferral of Sample Handling and Custody Information
67
Sample Handling and Custody QA Program-Defined Requirements
67
Sample Containers
67
Holding Time
67
Sample Custody
68
Analytical M ethods
68
Analytical M ethods Policy
68
Deferral of Information on Analytical M ethods
68
QA Program-Defined Analytical M ethod Requirements
69
Standard M ethodology
69
Performance-Based M ethods
70
Required SW AM P-Developed Taxonomy Laboratory M ethods
71
Investigation M ethods
71
Quality Control and Performance Criteria
72
Program Policy
72
SW AM P Programmatic M QOs
72
W ater
73
Sed i m en t
73
Ti ssu e
73
To x i ci t y
74
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Cyan o bacteria & Cyan oto xin s
74
Taxo n o m y
74
Measu rem en t Qu ality Ob jectives Fram ework
74
Qu ality Co n tro l Defin itio n s an d Req u irem en ts
78
Field an d Lab oratory Co rrective Actio n
79
Field Co rrective Actio n
79
Lab oratory Co rrective Actio n
79
Field Qu ality Co n tro l
79
Lab oratory Qu ality Co n tro l (Ch em istry)
83
Lab oratory Qu ality Co n tro l (Bio lo gy)
89
Lab oratory Qu ality Co n tro l (To xicity)
91
Lab oratory Qu ality Co n tro l (Taxon o m y)
92
In stru m en t/Eq u ip m en t Testin g, In sp ectio n an d Main ten an ce
10 0
Program m atic Po licies
10 0
Field Eq u ip m en t
10 0
Lab oratory Equ ip m en t
10 0
In sp ectio n /Accep tan ce o f Su p p lies an d Con su m ab les
10 0
Program m atic Po licies
10 0
No n -Direct Data
10 1
W ater Qu ality Data
10 1
Oth er Data Typ es
10 1
Data Man agem en t
10 2
Field Data
10 4
Lab oratory Data
10 4
Data Su bm ission
10 5
SW AMP Data W ith in CEDEN
10 5
Assessm en t Activities an d Program Plan n in g
10 5
Assessm en t o f Pro gram Activities
10 5
Pre-Kick-Off Pro ject Read in ess Review
10 5
Field Activities Oversigh t
10 6
Lab oratory Activities Oversigh t
10 6
Program m atic Review
10 6
Rep orts to Man agem en t
10 7
An n u al W ork Plan s
10 7
US EPA F10 6 Fu n d s
10 7
Dep u ty Man agem en t Co m m ittee (DMC)
10 7
US EPA Qu ality Assu ran ce Rep ort
10 8
Data Verificat ion, Validat ion, Completeness & Assessment
108
Purpose and Background
108
Data Verification
108
Data Validation
109
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