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Volunteer Water Monitoring: A Guide For State Managers. US EPA. 78 pp.

A companion document to Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual, this resource is a guide to the management of citizen volunteer monitoring programs which aim to assess the quality of our Nation’s water resources. Although specific approaches will vary depending on the type of waters to be assessed, the parameters to be monitored, and the amount of resources the State is able to commit to the program, this guide nonetheless helps new programs build on the experiences of successful, established programs and avoid any pitfalls they may have encountered. This guide also serves to help improve existing volunteer programs and spark interest in States that have not yet made made plans to work with citizen volunteers. The following chapters are included: volunteers in water monitoring, planning a volunteer monitoring program, implementing a volunteer monitoring program, providing credible information, and costs & funding. This is also an appendix which describes five successful programs, one in Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, and the Chesapeake Bay.

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