Quality Assurance Program Plan

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Quality Assurance Program Plan

Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program

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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

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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

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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

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Sed i m en t

73

Ti ssu e

73

To x i ci t y

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Cyan o bacteria & Cyan oto xin s

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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

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