September 2012
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On September 18, 1992, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued “Water Resources Engineering Memorandum No. 60“ (WREM 60) “Quality Assurance/Control Policy for Water Related Monitoring Programs.” REM 60 (1992) integrates quality control procedures into water-related monitoring activities, including collection, analysis, validation, reporting, storage (retention), and dissemination of data. …implements standardized procedures, adequate documentation, and training of departmental employees. California Water Quality Monitoring Council (Senate Bill 1070, 2006) http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/mywaterquality/monitoring_council/ requires state agencies to: “integrate and coordinate their water quality and related ecosystem monitoring". The Division of Environmental Services has established a QA Workgroup. The Mission of the QA Workgroup is to increase awareness of quality assurance and quality control for all of the Department’s water-related data. The Workgroup is looking into broadening the scope of QA/QC in DWR to include not just water quality data, but other types of data that DWR staff collect, including other environmental, engineering, and earth science parameters, such as biological (benthics, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton), flow (stream flow, groundwater pumpage, applied water, diversions and drainage), land use, water supply and demand.The QA Workgroup has begun considering goals and objectives . Two of the tentative goals of the QA Workgroup are: 1. Sharing of existing QA plans. For improved efficiency and consistency, existing QA plans will be made available for DWR staff to use as examples. 2. Developing procedures for QA Plan review and approval. As new QA Plans are written for DWR programs and projects, a plan for review and approval of these plans will be needed. Visit the DWR QA Program website: http://www.water.ca.gov/environmentalservices/qaqc.cfm to view guidance documents related to Quality Assurance and Quality Control in DWR's Bryte Lab and field operations. 2012: http://www.water.ca.gov/environmentalservices/docs/qaqc/120917__Ngatia_Templin_Guy__etal__ES_Conf_2012_QAQC_Poster_Final.pdf 2013 update: http://www.water.ca.gov/bdma/docs/130917__Ngatia_Templin_etal__ES_Conf_2013_QAQC_Poster.pdf