DRBC's summer 2014 water quality monitoring efforts are underway, and staff are and will be keeping busy in the field this season sampling the Delaware River and various tributaries to support programs that include the following:

• Scenic Rivers Monitoring Program
• Delaware Estuary Boat Run Monitoring Program
• Radiochemistry Monitoring and Periodic Maintenance of HOBO Continuous Conductivity Meters
• Delaware Bay Nutrient Monitoring
• National Rivers and Stream Assessment (pdf 140 KB; DRBC is assisting with this effort on behalf of the U.S. EPA and the states)

These monitoring efforts are important because water resources cannot be properly managed if they are not measured. DRBC's monitoring programs help to protect and restore water quality in the basin by providing a mechanism to evaluate how water quality criteria are being met and allow for data to be assessed.

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