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Groundwater

Guidance for establishing new networks and sites
- GWSI guidance -- Required GWSI fields to populate for NAWQA Cycle 3 samples (updated 6/5/2014)
- PCODE guidance -- Required PCODES to populate for NAWQA Cycle 3
- Forms for permission to sample-- example 1 | example 2 (modify for your use)
- Form for permission to drill a well -- from GWPD15 chapter of Techniques and Methods report 1-A1 on GW technical procedures of the USGS
- SWUDS guidance -- How to use a SWUDS site for a USGS network
- Project Networks: Specific information for setting up Cycle 3 networks (updated 10/23/2017): Detailed Instructions | Tables showing exact entries for each network
Sampling Plan
- GWPlan -- the Groundwater Sampling Plan (Access database). This shows the number of samples planned for each analyte by network and the PROPOSAL NUMBER FOR SUBMITTING SAMPLES. Review the plan to see what environmental and QC samples to collect for your network. (updated 2/04/2025)
  - TIP: To download the GWPlan, RIGHT CLICK on the link and SAVE AS, to ensure you have the most recent copy insted of a cached version.
  - GWPlan Instructions
Sample collection and submission protocols -- "How To" instructions about sampling and shipping, and sample submission forms and examples of completed sample submission forms
Guidance documents:
- WSC Task List for Groundwater Network Sampling (updated 4/23/2019)
- Groundwater QW Sample Coding Guidance (updated 5/1/2019) | General guidance
- Required PCODES to populate for NAWQA Cycle 3
- Required GWSI Fields fields to populate for NAWQA Cycle 3
- Project Networks: Specific information for setting up Cycle 3 networks (updated 10/23/2017): Detailed Instructions | Tables showing exact entries for each network
- Cycles 1 & 2 Guidance documents including NAWQA protocols
Data Management and Reporting
- PCODE Guidance
- GWSI Guidance (updated 6/5/2014)
- DQI Code Guidance (new 3/20/2019)
- Data Management and Reporting
  - PCODE Guidance
  - GWSI Guidance (updated 6/5/2014)
- Sharepoint to upload Excel spreadsheets containing sample activity IDs (revised 7/2/2024)
  - If you have questions about retrieving activity IDs, send email to Jim Kingsbury (jakingsb@usgs.gov)
  - Instructions
  - Template Spreadsheet for submitting activity IDs
Well Inventory Template -- used for generation of Well Owner Reports and Data Tracking (updated 1/6/2015). Send completed Well Inventories to Jim Kingsbury jakingsb@usgs.gov -- .
Well Owner Reports
- List of constituents for which GW samples are analyzed during cycle 3
- FAQs about benchmarks used in well owner reports
Scanning Field Folder Guidance (updated 5/1/2019)

Principal Aquifer Study Information for Water Science Centers to help in conducting the Study:

Examples of checklists to make sample collection easier.
Examples of completed Sample Submission forms.
Examples of forms and letters to well owners (request permissions and communicate positive results)
How to modify a SWUDS site in NWIS to use it for PAS networks

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