| 1.0 General | | |
| 1.1 SOP Creation & Maintenance | 2 | 2/26/2020 | SOP Template
SOP Template Instructions |
| 2.0 Planning | | |
| 2.1 Development of Field Sampling Plans (FSP) | 4 | 2/16/2023 | FSP Template |
| 3.0 [RESERVED] | | |
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| 4.0 Field Observations | | |
| 4.1 Probable Source Determination | 3 | 7/29/2020 | Appendix A
Stakeholder Probable Source(s) Form |
| Hydrology Protocol | 2 | 10/23/2020 | Hydrology Protocol Field Sheets |
| 5.0 Physical Habitat | | |
| 5.0 Physical Habitat | 7 | 6/9/2023 | Habitat Field Sheets
Habitat Field Upload Forms
Equipment Checklist |
| 6.0 Sondes & Thermographs | | |
| 6.1 Sondes | 7 | 4/10/2024 | Sonde Calibration Worksheet
Stream Field Data Form
Sonde Deployment/Retrieval Field Form |
| 6.2 DO and Conductivity Loggers | 1 | 6/24/2025 | DO & Conductivity Logger Deployment/Retrieval Form |
| 6.3 Thermographs | 3 | 6/10/2019 | Thermograph Deployment Form
Thermograph Deployment Checklist |
| 6.4 Long-term Deployment Data Logger QA & Upload | 5 | 1/5/2021 | Long Term Data Management Spreadsheet-Hourly Data
Long Term Data Management Spreadsheet– 15-Minute Data
QA Examples |
| 7.0 Flow | | |
| 7.0 Flow | 2 | 3/24/2022 | Flow Field Sheet
Flow Sheet and Calculator |
| 8.0 Chemical Sampling | | |
| 8.1 Chemical Sampling -Equipment Cleaning Procedure | 1 | 6/25/2022 | none |
| 8.2 Chemical Sampling in Lotic Environments | 8 | 4/11/2025 | Stream Field Data Form
SLD Submittal Form
Chemical Sampling Checklist
Total Residual Chlorine Data Upload Form |
| 8.3 NPDES Wastewater Sampling | 0 | 8/8/2014 | Wastewater Field Sheets
ISCO Deployment-Retrieval Field Sheets |
| 8.4 PFAS Sample Collection | 0 | 6/21/2023 | –SLD UCMR 5 PFAS Collection Instructions
-SLD PFAS Analyte List |
| 9.0 Bacteriological Sampling | | |
| 9.1 Bacteriological Sampling | 6 | 3/14/2023 | see SLD Submittal Forms for Bacteria Record Sheet. Bacteria Database Upload – Example |
| 10.0 Nutrient Survey and Sampling (archived) | n/a | | Level I Nutrient Form
Level II Nutrient Form |
| 11.0 Biological Sampling | | |
| 11.1 Benthic Macroinvertebrates | 1 | 6/26/2020 | Field Form – Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Periphyton |
| 11.2 Periphyton | 2 | 5/2/2025 | Phytoplankton/Periphyton Analysis Sheet
Chlorophyll a Analysis Sheet |
| 11.3 Phytoplankton (see lake sampling) | n/a | | none |
| 11.4 Fish Community Sampling | 1 | 4/3/2013 | Fish Sampling Field Sheet
Fish Collection Checklist (Streams)
Physical Characterization / Water Quality Field Datasheet |
11.5 Fish Consumption
Advisory Program | 1 | 2/16/2022 | none |
| 12.0 Lake Sampling | | |
| 12.1 Lake Sampling | 5 | 5/22/2025 | Lake Field Sheet
Lakes Checklist
Chlorophyll-a Upload Form |
| 13.0 Specialized Monitoring | | |
| 13.1 Probabilistic Monitoring | 3 | 12/31/2024 | Equipment Checklist
Mail Merge |
| 13.2 Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) (coming soon) | 0 | 9/1/2024 | |
| 14.0 File Management | | |
| 14.2 QAQC File Management (pending) | n/a | | none |
| 15.0 Data Verification and Validation | | |
| 15.0 Data Verification and Validation Procedures | 3 | 10/17/2023 | Data Verification & Validation Worksheets
Attachments B1-B5 |
| 16.0 SWQB Audits | | |
| 16.1 Technical System Audit (TSA) | 1 | 3/28/2022 | TSA Checklist
TSA Checklist (follow up) |
