Principal Aquifer Study Information for Water Science Centers

• Informational cover letter for water suppliers
  • Basin and Range fill (bnrfpas1)
  • Basin and Range carbonates (bnrcpas1)
  • Biscayne (biscpas1)
  • Coastal Lowlands (clowpas1)
  • Colorado Plateau (coplpas1)
  • Columbia Plateau (clptpas1)
  • Floridan (florpas1)
  • Glacial (glacpas1)
  • High Plains aquifer (hpaqpas1)
  • Mississippi Embayment and Texas Coastal Uplands aquifer system (metxpas1)
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain (nacppas2)
  • Ozark Plateaus (ozrkpas1)
  • Piedmont and Blue Ridge Crystalline-rock (piedpas1)
  • Rio Grande Aquifer System (rgaqpas1 2014 || 2015)
  • Southeastern Coastal Plain (secppas1)
  • Stream Valley aquifer system (strvpas1) (new 5/29/2018)
  • Surficial aquifer (surfpas1) (new 8/2/2019)
  • Valley and Ridge/Piedmont carbonate (vpdcpas1)
• Example permission-request forms for water suppliers--Edit for your use
  • Example 1
  • Example 2
• Example Letters to communicate positive results to Well Owners
  • Example 1 for positive QW results (added 7/15/2013)
  • Example 2 for positive Microbiology results (added 7/15/2013)
• Sample collection and submission protocols -- "How To" instructions about Sampling and Shipping, and Sample Submission Forms
• Examples of filled out Sample Submission Forms (this links to the Groundwater Sample Collection and Submission Protocols page)
• Data Coding
  • Required PCODES and GWSI fields to populate for NAWQA Cycle 3 and other guidance documents
  • Instructions for how to modify a SWUDS site in NWIS for use in PAS networks
• Example checklists to help plan and organize field trips for sampling. Modify these for your studies.
  • PAS summary of Environmental Sample Collection (cheat-sheet) contains information about schedule, bottle and cap, sampling order, sampling and shipping notes
    • General, for most PAS networks (updated 05/12/2022)
    • For RGAQPAS1 (FY14) (added 12/12/2014)
  • Well Canvass checklist suggests what to do while checking a well to see if it would be good to sample. (Contributed by Tim Mathany)
  • Folder Prep suggestions for setting up field folders (Contributed by Tim Mathany)
  • Field double-check list -- checklist to help make sure you are prepared for sampling. (Contributed by Tim Mathany)
  • Example mobile-lab resupply list checklist to help you make sure your mobile lab is re-supplied after sampling. (Contributed by Tim Mathany)

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