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Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams (External Review Draft)
EPA announces the release of the draft report, Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams (External Review Draft) in a October 31, 2013 Federal Register Notice. This draft report is provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the draft report by December 2, 2013, will be considered by EPA in their revisions.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-13/170, 2013.
Impact/Purpose:
The purpose of this document is to present methods for continuous temperature and flow data collection in streams to support monitoring of long-term trends. The document compiles the best available information from pactitioners with their assistance, particularly our USFS and USGS co-authors. The audience for this document is mostly state agency scientists, EPA regional scientists, NGO scientists, and potentially academic researchers.
Description:
This external review draft report is a technical "best practices" document describing sensor deployment for and data collection of continuous temperature and flow at ungaged sites in wadeable streams. This document addresses questions related to equipment needs; configuration, placement, and installation of equipment; and data retrieval and processing.
URLs/Downloads:
FR Notice: Oct 31, 2013
Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature (PDF, 90 pp, 3207 KB, about PDF)
Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature - Appendices (PDF, 33 pp, 1178 KB, about PDF)