National Water Quality Monitoring Conference

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National Water Quality Monitoring
Conference
The Third
Water Quality Monitoring 2002 Building a
Framework for the Future
May 20 23, 2002 Monona Terrace, Madison
Wisconsin On the shores of Lake Monona
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National Water Quality Monitoring
Conference
The Third
Dedicated to the Leadership, the Energy,
and the Memory of Elizabeth Jester Fellows
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• Conference Sponsors
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Geological Survey
• US Department of Fish and Wildlife
• US Department of Agriculture
• Assn of Metropolitan Water Utilities
• Groundwater Protection Council
• Madison Water Utility
• Tennessee Valley Authority

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• Overarching Themes
• Collaboration
• New Emerging Technologies
• New Expectations of Monitoring

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• Conference Structure
• Pre-conference Workshops
• Keynote Speakers
• Elizabeth Fellows Award Presentation
• 5 Concurrent Sessions (1.5 hr long)
• Focused Thematic Discussions
• Organized by Four Council workgroups
• Reports of Thematic Discussions
• Next Steps for the Council
• Adding Structure to the Framework

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• Conference Schedule
• Sunday Welcoming reception
• Monday Extended sessions (workshops)
• Tuesday Plenary, Presentations, Posters
• Wednesday Presentations, Posters
• Elizabeth Fellows award
• Focused thematic discussions
• Thursday - Concluding Sessions
• Reports of Discussions
• Next Steps for the Council
• Additional Framework discussions
• Field trips

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• Focused Workshops (Monday) 1.5 - 6 hours
• Groundwater Network Design Issues
• Surface Water Network Design Issues
• Integrating the CWA and the SDWA
• International Issues of Cooperation and
  Comparability
• The Role of NEMI in Monitoring Design
• Capacity Building for State and Regional Councils
• Bridging the Gap Between Assessment and Diagnosis
• New Technologies
• Statistics for Everyone
• Celebrating Our Nations Waters

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Concurrent Sessions (5)

• Follow the Monitoring Framework from program
  design to field and lab work to data management
  to data analysis to taking action
• Each session has 1 hour for presentations ½
  hour for discussion
• 120 paper presentations
• 35 poster presentations

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Setting the Stage for Monitoring
• Monitoring Design on a National Scale
• Whats New at the State Level
• Collaborations-Cooperation-Partnerships
• Involving volunteers to expand your reach
• Watersheds the Natural Basis for Monitoring

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Lab and Field Methods for Today and Tomorrow
• Ground Water Sampling and Analysis
• Metals Analysis
• In Situ Monitoring
• Early Warning Monitoring
• Enhancing Data Quality and Comparability I

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Lab and Field Methods for Today and Tomorrow
• Biological Monitoring
• Nutrients Sampling and Analysis
• Screening Tools for Priority Contaminents
• Remote Sensing
• Enhancing Data Quality and Comparability II

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Exploring Opportunities in Data Management
• Water Quality Data Elements
• Applied Database Systems
• Data Rich Indicators
• Tools to Link,Explain, Manage Data
• Data Warehouse and Repositories

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Making Sense of the Data
• Considerations for Interpreting Data
• Considerations for Developing Nutrient Criteria
• Selecting Indicators Categoring Results
• Examples Experiences with
• Multimetric Indices

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• Concurrent Sessions
• Data to Information to Action
• Computerizing the Environmental Movement
• Communicating Results that People Can Understand
• Initiating Action at the Local Level
• Volunteer Monitoring Programs Bridge the
  Communication Gap
• Communicating the Big Picture

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Focused Discussions Explore the relationship
between the monitoring framework and Council
workgroups

• Watershed Components Interactions
• Water Information Strategies
• Methods and Data Comparability
• Collaboration and Outreach

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Concluding General Session will report on the
discussions

• Opportunity for further discussion all afternoon
• Or a chance to be outstanding in the field

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Expected Attendance 500
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