WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS

2006


LAND USE MANAGEMENT
Mark Mauriello, Assistant Commissioner


WATER MONITORING AND STANDARDS
Leslie McGeorge, Administrator

Bureau of Freshwater & Biological Monitoring
Alfred Korndoerfer, Chief

Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring
Robert Connell, Chief


Report Prepared By: Alena Baldwin-Brown, Paul Burt, Dean Bryson, Robert Connell, Johannus Franken, Bill Honachefsky, Al Korndoerfer, Leigh Lager, Mike Kusmiesz, Leslie McGeorge, Paul Morton, Vic Poretti, John Sell, Mike Serfes, Tom Vernam, John Vile

April 2006

 

Cover Photos Provided by: NJDEP Water Monitoring & Standards staff & Paul Leakan (Pinelands Commission)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
Introduction   (79 Kb, pdf) 1
   
Freshwater & Biological Monitoring  
Ambient Biological Monitoring (AMNET)   (774 Kb, pdf) 3
Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI)   (694 Kb, pdf) 6
Ambient Lakes Monitoring Network   (694 Kb, pdf) 8
Ambient Surface Water Monitoring Network (ASWMN)   (770 Kb, pdf) 10
Groundwater Monitoring Network   (785 Kb, pdf) 12
   
Marine Water Monitoring  
National Shellfish Sanitation Program   (247 Kb, pdf) 15
National Coastal Assessment   (272 Kb, pdf) 17
Coastal Water Quality Network   (222 Kb, pdf) 18
Cooperative Real-time Monitoring Network   (402 Kb, pdf) 20
Coastal Phytoplankton Monitoring   (488 Kb, pdf) 22
Toxic Pollutants in Shellfish Tissue   (274 Kb, pdf) 25
   
Other Water Monitoring Capabilities  
Nonpoint Source Monitoring   (71 Kb, pdf) 27
Confirmatory Sampling for Impaired Waters   (740 Kb, pdf) 28
Sediment Toxicity Testing   (92 Kb, pdf) 30
Alternate Microbial Indicator Monitoring   (626 Kb, pdf) 31
Bacterial TMDL Monitoring   (660 Kb, pdf) 32
   
Data Dissemination   (175 Kb, pdf) 34
   
Additional Information about the Water Monitoring and Standards Program   (69 Kb, pdf) 35
   
Water Monitoring and Standards Personnel   (70 Kb, pdf) 36

Complete 2006 Water Quality Monitoring Network report  (7.2 Megs, pdf)

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     Leslie McGeorge, Administrator


Last Update: 05/19/06

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