Review of Monitoring Water in Indiana: Choices for Nonpoint Source and Other Watershed Projects
The purpose of this manual is to provide information to help watershed groups develop effective monitoring programs that obtain useful information, despite having limited resources. The manual was developed in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Watershed Assessment and Planning Branch, with contributions from monitoring experts from around the State.
We are very excited to get to this point of releasing a draft and appreciate any feedback you have to offer. We have provided the draft in two formats; please choose whichever is easier for you. If you review in MSWord, you are welcome to use track changes. Due to the file size, please contact Laura Esman for instructions on how to post your tracked changes MSWord file to her ftp site.
Current Version:MonitoringWater12212011.docx (30MB) MonitoringWater12212011.pdf (2.6MB)
While reviewing this document, we would appreciate it if you could provide general suggestions for changes, plus answer the following questions:
- Does this manual meet needs? (i.e., your program needs, needs of watershed groups, etc.)
- Are there obstacles to the use of this manual?
Our timetable:
September 30, 2011 |
Provide draft of manual to IDEM for review and comments |
October 10, 2011 |
For IDEM Staff: Deadline to provide comments to Laura Esman (only if you would like your comments incorporated before release of a new draft to the Expert Panel |
October 14, 2011 |
Distribute updated draft to the Expert Panel for review and comments |
October 27, 2011 |
Hold a web meeting to discuss the manual and receive comments from the Expert Panel |
December 8, 2011 |
Hold IDEM training at Shadeland facility including discussion of manual and planning for webinar series |
January 2012 |
Develop instructional videos on using the manual |
If you have any questions, please contact Laura Esman or Jane Frankenberger.
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