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8/9/2019 SDCK Volunteer Training
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Water Quality Monitoring VolunteerTraining Presentation
Bi-monthly Training for New Volunteers
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Todays Agenda
Introduction presentation 8:30 - 9:15
Hands-on equipment training 9:15 -10:00
Visiting Sites 10:15 - 2:00 or 2:30
Samples back to Coastkeeper 2:30 / 3:00 Coastkeeper processes samples in lab: bacteria / nutrients
Data processing
Publish on website
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Incaseyoudidnotknow
SanDiegoCoastkeeperis1. largest
professional
environmental
NGO
2. Weprotecttheregionswaters
3. Wedo
this
by
education,
empowerment,
&
advocacy
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The Water Quality Monitoring Program
Goal
To provide scientifically defensible WQ data To fill-in data gaps to aid regulatory decision making
Education & fun!
Achieved by Building a well trained corps of citizen scientists
Ensuring our data collection and analysis produces high quality data
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Todays Training
Goal:
1. Learn some science2. Collect usable data
Achieved by teaching you basics of:i. Scienceii. Coastkeeper S.O.P.
iii. Policy
Most important thing to remember follow QA/QC
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Part1 ScienceBackground
Watersheds
UrbanWQ
WQIndicators&
Pollutants
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Watersheds
Watershed=Ariverrunsthroughit
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Healthy Watersheds Support
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
function
Humanactivities
Carl Gwinn
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San Diegos Watersheds
SanDiegohas
elevencoastal
watersheds
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The Impact of Urbanization
Hard
surfaces
disruptthe
normal
watercycle
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The Impact of Urbanization
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WaterQualityIndicators
BasicAmbient Indicators
1. Temperature2. Oxygen
3. pH
4. Conductivity
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More Complex Indicators
1. Nutrients(Nitrogen&Phosphorus)
2. Metals
3. Bacteria
4. Toxicity
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Nutrients
Nitrogen Phosphorus
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Metals
Source:
Urbanrunoff
Atmosphericdeposition
Toxictowiderangeofanimals
takeslong
time
to
degrade
Brake pads
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Bacteria / Pathogens
Source=anywarm
bloodedanimal
Diseasecausing
Economicand
social
costs
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Toxicity
Definition: The degree to which a substance can harm humans or animals.
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Section2:WhatamIactuallydoing?
Whatisourprogram?
Howdo
you
collect
samples?
WhatisQA/QC?
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Coastkeeper WQMP
Startedin2006
Volunteer&
Partner
based
Rigorouscitizenscience
2 3
sites
per
watershed
in
9of11
watersheds
Wemeasurebasic&complexWQindicators
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Some basics of QA/QC
QA/QC = Quality assurance and quality control = usable data
1. Read your SOP before you start!
2. Gloves
3. Label
Good data comes from:
1. Consistency2. Completeness
3. Attention to detail
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Some Basics of QA/QC
CleanHands/DirtyHands
Clean Hand Dirty Hand
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Some basics of QA/QC
Dontdothis
Bad
Even Worse
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SomeBasicsofQA/QC
DoThis.
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Fill Out Data Sheets Correctly!
BAD GOOD
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A Day in the Life of a WQMP
Volunteer IgettoCoastkeeper
Signinandhavesomecoffeeandbagels
getmyfieldequipment&myteam
Goto
the
field
site
CollectsamplesandFILLOUTmysheets
ReturnthesamplestotheCoastkeeper lab
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Section3 Policy
PorterCologne
&
Clean
Water
Act
requirement
Citizenprovisions(wegettosuepolluters)
Statesmust
assess
waterbodies (305
&
303
dlists)
Forimpairedwaters,cleanupplansmustbedeveloped
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Where Does the Data Go?
Student / Citizen /Community Monitoring
Assess surface waters
California SWAMP data systemClassify waterbodies
as impaired
State Agencies Develop plans to clean up
impaired waterbodies (TMDLs)
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Impaired Waters in Our Region
Manywaterbodies
arelisted
as
impaired
Only
a
few
clean
up
planscompleted
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WatershedWiki
Beachdata WatershedMonitoringData
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Volunteer or become an intern for SD
Coastkeeper
OtherWaystoGetInvolved
Become a member and
support our work
Intern
bioassessment trainings (SanDiego Stream Team)
Become a Watershed Captainor join Volunteer Core
Sign up on our website
http://sdwatersheds.org:84/wiki/index.php/Twitterhttp://www.sdwatersheds.org/wiki/index.php/Image:Facebookbadge.png8/9/2019 SDCK Volunteer Training
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