Three Proposed Quality Assurance Project Plan Training

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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region (BOR), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX (EPA), will provide a series of quality assurance and environmental monitoring training sessions in April, May and June, 2011. The objective of this training program is to familiarize tribal environmental professionals (directors and staff) involved in ambient water quality (CWA 106) and Non-point Source (CWA 319) monitoring programs, and other types of environmental investigations, with proper planning, quality assurance, and sample collection protocol.

Participants will learn the importance of quality assurance as it relates to environmental monitoring design, sample collection methods, laboratory analyses, and data management. The format of the training will consist of three separate courses, each building on the previous class. Although not imperative that all three courses be attended, it is strongly recommended that attendees participate in all three training sessions; Environmental Monitoring Program Design (April 12-14, 2011), Quality Assurance Project Plan/Data Validation (May 10-12, 2011), and Sample Collection Protocol (June 21-23, 2011). Proposed training sessions will include the following elements: