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IDEM Office of Water Quality, Assessment Branch Monitoring Programs

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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management's (IDEM's) Assessment Branch has a suite of monitoring programs to collect data required for the assessment of Indiana's waters for:

  • compliance with Indiana Water Quality Standards,
  • determination of fish consumption advisories, and
  • detection of overall water quality trends. 

 

To accomplish their goals, IDEM monitors a variety of parameters and indices listed in the table below.  The corresponding methods for field sampling and laboratory analysis are either described or linked to published documents.

 

IDEM Assessment & Planning Branch Contact:

Charlie Hostetter

Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Office of Water Quality, Watershed Assessment & Planning Branch

2525 N Shadeland Ave. STE 100

Indianapolis, IN 46219

Email: CJHostet@idem.in.gov

 

Protocol information updated: July 2020

Parameter

 Field Protocol

Laboratory Protocol

Alkalinity

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 310.2 – Colorimetric Analysis

 

EPA 310.1 – Titration

 

Standard Methods 2320B – in Water by Titration

Aluminum

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 200.7 – in Water by ICP

 

EPA 200.8 – in Water by ICP

Ammonia

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

Standard Methods 4500-NH3(D) – in Water by Selective Electrode Method

 

Standard Methods 4500-NH3(F) – in Water using a Phenate Method

 

EPA 300.0 – by Ion Chromotography

 

EPA 350.1 – by Colorimetry

 

EPA 350.3 – Using an ISE

Ash Free Dry Mass Phytoplankton and Periphyton Field Collection Procedures Standard Methods 10200I(5)

Chloride

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

EPA 300.0 - by Ion Chromotography

EPA 325.2 - by Colorimetry

EPA 325.3 - Titration

Standard Methods 4500CL-D

Standard Methods 4500CL-E 

 

Chlorine

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

Standard Methods 4500Cl-D4B

Standard Methods 4500Cl-F33

Standard Methods 4500Cl-G4H

Standard Methods 4500Cl-D4C

Standard Methods 4500Cl-E

Standard Methods 4500Cl-F34

Standard Methods 4500Cl-G4C

Chlorophyll a and Pheophyton a

Phytoplankton and Periphyton Field Collection Procedures

 

EPA 445.0

 

Conductivity

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures - Calibration of YSI Multi-parameter Data Sondes

Not applicable

Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins Collecting Surface Water Samples for Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxin Analysis  
Diatom Identification and Enumeration

Phytoplankton and Periphyton Field Collection Procedures

Processing and Identification of Diatom Samples

Discharge

Surveys Section Field Procedure Manual, Page 44

Not applicable

Dissolved Oxygen

(DO)

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

 

Surveys Section Field Procedure Manual, Page 63

 

EPA 360.1

 

Hydrolab or YSI Datasonde Method: Standard Methods 4500-OG

 

Calibration of YSI Multiparameter Data Sonde

 

ASTM D888-09(C)

 

Standard Methods 4500-OC

Not applicable

Drainage Area Calculation of Drainage Area

E. coli Bacteria

Counts

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

 

E. coli Field Sampling and Analysis

E. coli Field Sampling and Analysis

EPA 1103.1

Standard Methods 9213D

Standard Methods 9223B

External Anomalies

(Fish)

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

Not applicable 

 

Global Navigation (GPS) Global Navigation Satellite System R1 Unit  

Index of Biotic

Integrity

(IBI)

Fish Community Field Collection Procedures

 

Fish Community Stressor Identification Procedures

Not applicable

Light Transmission

(% at 3 ft depth)

IDEM Water Transparency Methods Not applicable

Macroinvertebrate

Index of Biotic

Integrity

(mHAB)

IDEM Multi-habitat (mHAB) Macroinvertebrate Collection Procedure - Standard Operating Procedure

Hester Dendy Multiple Artificial Substrate Macroinvertebrate Collection Procedure

Contact IDEM staff for calculation instructions

Not available

Nitrate+Nitrite

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 353.1

EPA 353.2

EPA 353.3

Orthophosphate

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 300.0

EPA 365.1

EPA 365.2

Percent

Saturation

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

 Not applicable 

pH

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

 

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures-Calibration of YSI MuliParameter Sonde

 

Datasonde: EPA 150.2

EPA 150.1

Standard Methods 4500H-B

Qualitative Habitat

Evaluation Index

(QHEI)

Procedures for Completing the Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index

 IDEM QHEI datasheet (2012)

Ohio EPA QHEI Methods

Not applicable

Riparian Canopy

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

Not applicable

Site

Reconnaissance/

Landowner

Contact

Site Reconnaissance Procedures

 

Not applicable 

Soluble Reactive

Phosphorus

(SRP)

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

IDEM Assessment Branch Protocol

(see orthophosphate)

Total Kjeldahl

Nitrogen

(TKN)

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 351.2

EPA 351.4

Standard Methods 4500-N(Org)B

Total

Phosphorus

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

EPA 365.1

Standard Methods 4500-P-E

Standard Methods 4500-P-F

Total Suspended

Solids (TSS)

 

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

 

Total Solids (TS)

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

Standard Methods 2540-D

EPA 160.2

 

Standard Methods 2540-C

 

Standard Methods 2540-B

Turbidity

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures


Datasonde: Standard Method 2130-B

 

Surveys Section Field Procedure Manual, Page 58

 

 

Hach turbidity kit: EPA 180.1 

Water Appearance

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

Not applicable

Water Flow Type

IDEM Assessment Branch Summary of Protocols: Probability Based Site Assessment

Not applicable

Water Temperature

Water Chemistry Field Sampling Procedures

 

Immersion Thermometer: Standard Methods 2550B(1)

 

Datasonde/pH meter/reversing thermometer/thermocouple: Standard Methods 2550B(2)

Not applicable

 

 

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