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A Workbook for Preparing a Quality Assurance Plan for Water-Quality Activities

Updates/Errata

The following changes have been made to update the 1998 workbook. The first column below indicates the date the update was made to the section file. The second column describes the original text, and the third column shows the current text, or indicates the type of change made. The Web address for the June 2002 Revision of the workbook is http://water.usgs.gov/owq/QAfolder/QA.index.html.

Preface

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7/01/02 Updated sections are indicated with "Revision 1, June 2002" by the section title, and the revision date is listed at the bottom of the page.

Table of Contents

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7/01/02 Updated.

Section 3.1

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10/10/00 Text added in paragraphs 1 and 3 include this sentence: "Relevance and benefits refer to USGS goals as expressed in the USGS Strategic Plan, the WRD's Strategic Directions, or the USGS Federal-State Cooperative Program Priorities (published annually by WRD memorandum)."

Section 3.2

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10/10/00 Sentence added in paragraph 3: "Any new or unapproved field and laboratory methods that will be used must be described in detail."

Section 4.1

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10/10/00In first paragraph, add bracketed, italicized note. Note reads: [USGS Memoranda cited in this report are listed in 13.1, USGS Memoranda.]

Section 4.1.2

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4/23/03First para., No. 1: WRD Memorandum 82.028 First para., No. 1: OWQ Memorandum 98.05 (supersedes WRD 82.028)
7/01/02First paragraph: WRD Memorandum 92.035.

No. 4: "...at least 3 years and be available to WRD customers."
No. 5: 		First paragraph: OWQ Memorandum 98.03 (supersedes WRD 92.035).
No. 4: "...at least 5 years and be available upon request to WRD customers."
No. 5: Added Web address "http://btdqs.usgs.gov/srs/"

Section 4.3.1

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7/01/02 Added text in No. 5 before Web link so that text reads: "...can be found by USGS employees on the World Wide Web inhouse home page..."

Section 4.4

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7/01/02 WRD Memorandum 92.035 is deleted. Added OWQ Technical Memorandum 98.05 and http://btdqs.usgs.gov/srs/

Section 5.1.1

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7/01/02 Added text so that section title reads: [Facility Name].
Added text to first paragraph: "For example, add 5.1.2 [Facility Name], 5.1.2.1 Procedures, 5.1.2.2 Equipment and Supplies, 5.1.3 etc.]"

Section 5.1.1.1

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7/01/02 5.1.2 Procedures Section heading is renamed "5.1.1.1 Procedures"

Section 5.1.1.2

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7/01/02 5.1.3 Equipment and Supplies Section heading is renamed "5.1.1.2 Equipment and Supplies"

Section 5.2

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8/17/00 and 7/02/02

In paragraph beginning "Mobile..."--Refer to the National Field Manual for guidance..."

Refer to the National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (U.S. Geological Survey, 1997-99) for guidance...
7/02/02--Updated above reference to read: "U.S. Geological Survey, 1997-present"
8/17/00

In the next paragraph, update the reference: Wilde and others, in press d...

Wilde and others, eds., 1998a

Section 5.3

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7/01/02 Added reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 1997-present/National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data, chaps. A1-A9

Section 6.0

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8/21/00
First page of Table 6.0 is missing
Missing text has been added.
8/21/00
 In Table 6.0, under Dissolved oxygen, last column, change "Wilde and Radtke, in press" Wilde and Radtke, eds., 1998
7/01/02

Section 6.0 was divided so that the table becomes section 6.1.
7/08/02

At the bottom of the section, added a reference to Wagner and others (2000).

Section 6.1

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7/01/02
 Section 6.0 was divided and a new section was titled "6.1 Calibration of Water-Quality Instruments"

Section 6.2

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This was section 6.1.The section is now 6.2, but the section title remains "References Used for the Water-Quality Instruments Section."
7/01/02
 Added references to U.S. Geological Survey (1997-present) and Wagner and others (2000).

Section 7.1

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8/17/00
In first pararaph, "Wilde and others (in press, chap. A1)Wilde and others (1998, chap. A1)

Section 7.1.1

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7/01/02
 Added "of flow" to the end of the last sentence in the paragraph.

Section 7.1.2

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7/01/02
 Added sentence to the end of the paragraph: "If suitable existing wells cannot be found, new wells will need to be installed."

Section 7.2.1

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8/17/00
In first paragraph, "Wilde and others (in press, chap. A1)Wilde and others (1998, chap. A1)

Section 7.2.2

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8/17/00
In first paragraph, "Wilde and others (in press, chap. A1)Wilde and others (1998, chap. A1)
7/01/02
 After first paragraph, added two additional paragraphs.

Section 7.3

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8/17/00
In Table 7.3, first column, second reference, change "Wilde and others, in press"Wilde and others, 1998
7/01/02
 Added reference to Wagner and others (2000).

Section 8.0

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7/01/02
 Added paragraphs to the end of the section.

Section 8.1

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8/21/00
"...National Field Manuals--a series of USGS technical manuals (TWRI's) which describe...""...National Field Manual--a TWRI that describes..."

Section 8.1.1

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8/18/00
The first paragraph reference to chap. A6 of the NFM--(Wilde and Radtke, in press)(Wilde and Radtke, eds., 1998)


Section 8.1.2

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8/18/00
In first paragraph -- (Wilde and others, in press a)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998b)
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In second paragraph -- (Wilde and others, in press a chap. A3)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998b, chap. A3)

Section 8.1.3.1

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8/18/00
(Wilde and others, in press d)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998a)

Section 8.1.3.2

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8/24/00
In first paragraph -- (Wilde and others, in press b)(Wilde and others, eds., 1999a)
8/18/00
In first paragraph -- Edwards and Glysson, 1988;Edwards and Glysson, 1999;
7/01/02
In second paragraph: "...less than about 10 parts per billion (ppb), as described in Horowitz and others (1994).""...at or near 1 microgram per liter, or when aluminum, iron, and manganese ambient concentrations are up to about 200 micrograms per liter, as described by Wilde and others (1999)."

Section 8.1.4.1

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8/18/00
(Wilde and others, in press d, chap. A2)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998a, chap. A2)

Section 8.1.4.2

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8/18/00
In paragraphs 1 and 2 -- (Wilde and others, in press b)(Wilde and others, eds., 1999a)
7/01/02
In second paragraph: "...less than about 10 ppb, as described in Horowitz and others (1994).""...at or near 1 microgram per liter, or when aluminum, iron, and manganese ambient concentrations are up to about 200 micrograms per liter (Wilde and others, 1999)."

Section 8.1.5

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1. OWQ Technical Memorandum 81.071. Dossett and Bowersox (1999)
(Note: Added to References)

Section 8.1.6

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8/18/00
(Wilde and others, in press c, chap. A5)(Wilde and others, eds., 1999b, chap. A5)
7/01/02
Horowitz and others (1994)Wilde and others (1999-2002)

Section 8.1.6.1

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8/18/00
(Wilde and others, in press d, chap. A2)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998a, chap. A2)

Section 8.1.6.2

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8/21800
 (Wilde and others, in press d, chap. A2)(Wilde and others, eds., 1998a, chap. A2)
8/18/00
 (Wilde and others, in press c, chap. A5)(Wilde and others, eds., 1999b, chap. A5)
7/01/02
  At end of paragraph, added reference to Wilde and others, 1999-2002.

Section 8.1.6.3

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8/18/00
 (Wilde and others, in press c, chap. A5)(Wilde and others, eds., 1999b, chap. A5)

Section 8.2.1

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8/18/00
 In Table 8.2.1 -- Reference: Myers and Wilde, 1997 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7). Sample type: Bacteria; biological oxygen demand Reference: Myers and Sylvester, 1997 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7, section 7.1
Sample type: Fecal indicator bacteria
8/18/00
 In Table 8.2.1 -- Add new reference New Reference: Delzer and McKenzie, 1999 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7, section 7.2.
Sample type: Five-day biochemical oxygen demand

Section 8.2.2

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8/18/00
 In Table 8.2.2 -- Edwards and Glysson, 1988Edwards and Glysson, 1999
8/18/00
 In Table 8.2.2 -- Reference: Myers and others, in press (TWRI book 9, chap. A3) Wilde and others, eds., 1998b (TWRI book 9, chap. A3)
8/18/00
 In Table 8.2.2 -- Reference: Wilde and others, in press d (TWRI book 9, chap. A2) Wilde and others, eds., 1998a (TWRI book 9, chap. A2)
7/01/02
 In Table 8.2.2, first item: District sediment laboratory QA plan Iowa District sediment laboratory QA plan

Section 8.3

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(Wilde and others, in press b, chap. A4)
(Wilde and others, eds., 1999a, chap. A4)

Section 8.5

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 In Table 8.5 -- Edwards and Glysson, 1988 Edwards and Glysson, 1999
8/21/00
 In Table 8.5 -- Reference: Myers and Wilde, 1997 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7)
Subject: Collecting biological samples.		 Reference: Myers and Sylvester, 1997 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7, section 7.1)
Subject: Measuring fecal indicator bacteria
8/21/00
 In Table 8.5-- Add new reference below Myers and Wilde (now Myers and Sylvester) Reference: Delzer and McKenzie, 1999 (TWRI book 9, chap. A7, section 7.2)
Subject: Five-day biochemical oxygen demand test.
8/21/00
 Near the bottom of Table 8.5--
Wilde and Radtke, in press (TWRI book 9, chap. A6)
Wilde and others, in press a (TWRI book 9, chap. A3)
Wilde and others, in press b (TWRI book 9, chap. A4)
Wilde and others, in press c (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
Wilde and others, in press d (TWRI book 9, chap. A2)		 Updates --
Wilde and Radtke, eds., 1998 (TWRI book 9, chap. A6)
Wilde and others, eds., 1998b (TWRI book 9, chap. A3)
Wilde and others, eds., 1999a (TWRI book 9, chap. A4)
Wilde and others, eds., 1999b (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
Wilde and others, eds., 1998a (TWRI book 9, chap. A2)

Section 9.2

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10/10/00Wilde and others (in press c) Wilde and others, eds. (1999b)
7/01/02Wilde and others, eds. (1999b) Wilde and others, eds. (1999-2002)

Section 9.3

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7/01/02   At the end of No. 3, add: "USGS employees can also access NWQL Rapi-Notes 01-013, 01-023, 01-033, and 01-034.
7/01/02Wilde and others, in press c Wilde and others, 1999

Section 9.6

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8/18/00
Wilde and others, in press c (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
Wilde and others, eds., 1999b (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
7/01/02
Wilde and others, eds., 1999b (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
Wilde and others, eds., 1999-2002 (TWRI book 9, chap. A5)
7/01/02

Add row: NWQL Rapi-Notes 01-013, 01-023, 01-033, 01-034/USGS employees can access Rapi-Notes through the NWQL in-house Web site.

Section 10.0

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7/01/02
(Maddy and others, 1997)
(Maddy and others, 1997, and Hoopes, B.C., written commun.)
7/01/02
(Dempster, 1990)
(Bartholoma, 1997)

Section 10.1.1

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7/01/02

Added sentence at end of first paragraph: Continuous water-quality data are processed as described in Wagner and others (2000).

Section 10.1.2

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7/01/02
Ocala Water-Quality Service Unit (OWSU)
Ocala Water-Quality and Research Lab (OWQRL)

Section 10.2.2

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7/01/02
 (Maddy and others, 1997)
(Maddy and others, 1997, and Hoopes, B.C., written commun.)
7/01/02
 "...by email to DENQC (NWQL Memo 92-06)..."
OWSU
DENADP
"...by USGS employees through the NWQL in-house Web page (http://wwwnwql.er.usgs.gov/USGS/district_rerun_request.html)..."
OWQRL
LABHELP

Section 10.3

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7/01/02

In sentence two, after "NWIS" added "; however, these data must be flagged with the appropriate Data Quality Indicator (DQI) code, ..."

Section 10.5

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7/01/02
Dempster, 1990/NWIS ADAPS user's guide
Bartholoma, S.D., 1997/NWIS ADAPS user's guide, Open-File Report 97-635.
7/01/02
Maddy and others, 1997/NWIS QWDATA user's guide.
Maddy and others, 1997 (update by Hoopes, B.C., ed., is scheduled to be available by the end of 2002)/NWIS QWDATA user's guide.
7/01/02

Added: Wagner and others, 2000/Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors.

Section 11.3

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7/01/02

In first paragraph after "internet" added "(NWISWeb at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/)"

Section 11.4

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7/01/02
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984
U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000
7/01/02
WRD Memorandum 92.005 (USGS)/Extended delegation of authority to approve reports of certain categories for open file release
Added to sentence: WRD Memorandum 97.002.
7/01/02

 Added: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/

Section 12.1

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7/01/02

In third paragraph after "regional training" added Cyberseminars

Section 12.2

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7/01/02
In second paragraph, "...good quality data."
In second paragraph, "...high quality data."

Section 13.0 References

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Reference needs to be added
 Delzer, G.C., and McKenzie, S.W., 1999, Five-day biochemical oxygen demand, in National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data--biological indicators: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, sec. 7.2, 30 p.
8/23/00
Reference needs to be added
 Dossett, S.R., and Bowersox, V.C., 1999, National trends network site operation manual: Champaign, Ill., National Atmospheric Deposition Program Office at the Illinois State Water Survey, NADP Manual 1999-01, variously paged.
8/21/00
Edwards, T.K., and Glysson, G.D., 1988...Open-File Report 86-531, 118 p.
 Edwards, T.K., and Glysson, G.D., 1999...Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 3, chap. C2, 89 p.
10/10/00
Francy, D.S., Jones, A.L., Myers, D.N., Rowe, G.L., Eberle, C.M., and Sarver, K.M., in press,...
 Francy, D.S., Jones, A.L., Myers, D.N., Rowe, G.L., Eberle, C.M., and Sarver, K.M., 1998,...
8/21/00
Lane, S.L., and Fay, R.G., eds., 1998...
 Lane, S.L., and Fay, R.G., 1998 ...
8/21/00
Myers, D.N., and Wilde, F.D., eds., 1997, Biological indicators,...
 Myers, D.N., and Sylvester, MA., 1997, Fecal indicator bacteria, in National field manual for the collection of water-quality data--Biological indicators: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.1, 49 p.
8/21/00
Reference needs to be added.
 U.S. Geological Survey, 1997-99, National field manual for the collection of water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chaps. A1-A9, 2 v., variously paged. [Chapters were published from 1997-1999; updates and revisions are ongoing and can be viewed at: http://water.usgs.gov/owq/FieldManual/mastererrata.html]
8/21/00
Wilde, F.D., and Radtke, D.B., eds., in press, Field Measurements...
 Wilde, F.D., and Radtke, D.B., eds., 1998, Field measurements ...
8/21/00
Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatusbo, R.T., in press, Preparations for water sampling...
 Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatusbo, R.T., 1998, Preparations for water sampling..
8/21/00
Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatusbo, R.T., eds., in press a, Cleaning of equipment for water sampling...
 Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatusbo, R.T., eds., 1998b, Cleaning of equipment for water sampling..
8/21/00
in press b, Collection of water samples...
 Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., 1999a, Collection of water samples...
8/21/00
in press c, Processing of water samples...
 Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., 1999b, Processing of water samples...
8/21/00
in press d, Selection of equipment for water sampling...
 Wilde, F.D., Radtke, D.B., Gibs, Jacob, and Iwatsubo, R.T., eds., 1998a, Selection of equipment for water sampling...
7/02/02
Deleted: Dempster, G.R., Jr., comp.,...
 Replaced with: Bartholoma, S.D., comp., 1997, National Water Information System user's manual, chap. 3, automated data processing system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-635, 219 p.
7/02/02

 Added to the end of the Maddy reference: "[An open-file update to this report (by Hoopes, B.C., ed.) is scheduled to be available by the end of 2002]
7/02/02
Shelton, L.R., 1994....
 Deleted
7/02/02
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984
 U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000
7/02/02
Ward, J.R., and Harr, C.A., eds., 1990...
 Deleted.
7/02/02

 Added: Wagner, R.J., Mattraw, H.C., Ritz, G.F., and Smith, B.A., 2000, Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors--site selection, field operation, calibration, record computation, and reporting: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4252, 53 p.

Section 13.1 - USGS Memoranda

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8/18/00
Office of Water Quality Technical
Memorandum 81.07....
Delete reference. It was replaced by: Dossett, S.R., and Bowersox, V.C., 1999, National trends network site operation manual: Champaign, Ill., National Atmospheric Deposition Program Office at the Illinois State Water Survey, NADP Manual 1999-01, variously paged.
7/02/02
National Water Quality Laboratory Memorandum 92.06, August 12, 1992, District rerun requests.
Deleted.
7/02/02
Water Resources Division Memorandum 82.028
Deleted. Superseded by Office of Water Quality Technical Memorandum 98.05, September 14, 1998, Policy for the approval of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water-quality analytical methods.
7/02/02
Water Resources Division Memorandum 90.030 (revised), March 5, 1990, Programs and Plans--Policy for release of digital data.
Deleted.
7/11/02
Water Resources Division Memorandum 92.005
Modified by Water Resources Division Memorandum 97.002, November 15, 1996, Modification to the reports processing system.
7/02/02
Water Resources Division Memorandum 95.18
Modified by Water Resources Division Memorandum 97.002, November 15, 1996, Modification to the reports processing system.
7/02/02

Added: Office of Water Quality Technical Memorandum 02.14, April 18, 2002, Availability of universal blank water for inorganic and organic analyses.

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