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Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Form Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens using ArcGIS Survey123 User Guide

Citation:

Falik, J. AND E. Silvestri. Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Form Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens using ArcGIS Survey123 User Guide. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/B-23/076, 2023.

Impact/Purpose:

The Sampling and Analysis (SAP) Form Template tool is a “ready-to-go” form for creating and facilitating the generation of SAPs in support of exercises, research studies or remediation activities following a contamination incident involving pathogens in environmental matrices. The form template tool also facilitates capturing information associated with data quality objectives (DQOs) that are needed for collection and analysis of samples to support response activities (such as site characterization, verification sampling, waste characterization, and post decontamination sampling) following an environmental contamination incident. The SAP Form Template tool utilizes Survey123, which is included in the Esri product suite and is widely adopted among the response community. The User Guide provides general instructions for accessing and using the form template tool with Survey123 to create a SAP.

Description:

The Sampling and Analysis (SAP) Form Template tool and User’s Guide are provided to use with ArcGIS Survey123 to facilitate the generation of SAPs. The form template tool also facilitates capturing information associated with data quality objectives (DQOs) that are needed for collection and analysis of samples to support remediation activities. To access the SAP Form Template tool, please download the PDF file to your computer

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( PUBLISHED REPORT/ MANUAL)
Product Published Date:03/31/2023
Record Last Revised:11/14/2023
OMB Category:Other
Record ID: 359051