SWAMP - Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program

REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

 

The Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) is a state framework to coordinate consistent and scientifically defensible methods and strategies for improving water quality monitoring, assessment and reporting.  This website contains reports, documents, fact sheets, and workshop presentations in reference to the SWAMP program.

Contents of this Webpage:

• Statewide Reports and Documents
• Regional Reports and Documents
• Fact Sheets
• Workshop Presentations

Statewide Reports and Documents

• Sampling and Analysis Plan for a Screening Study of Bioaccumulation in California Lakes and Resevoirs - 2007 Monitoring Plan - April 2007
• Sediment Quality in California Bays and Estuaries - January 2008
  
• Standard Operating Procedures for Conducting Field Measurements and Field Collections of Water and Bed Sediment Samples in the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program - Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory/ Department of Fish and Game - October 2007
  
  DISCLAIMER: The Standard Operating Procedures posted in the above report are for reference and information purposes only, the documents are not required by the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program. Please see the SWAMP Quality Assurance Management Plan for more information regarding SWAMP QA/QC requirements.
  
  
• Benthic Macroinvertebrates & Associated Data for CA Bioassessments - February 2007
  • Standard Operating Procedure Manual
  • Updated! SWAMP Stream Habitat Characterization Form  - June 2008
    
    
• Comparisons of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Samples; Data Sharing Implications - 2007
  
  
• Southwest Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists (SAFIT)
  
  
• Screening California Surface Waters for Estrogenic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EEDC) with a Juvenile Rainbow Trout Liver Vitellogenin mRNA Procedure - October 2006
  
  
• Water Quality Assessment Report of the Condition of California Coastal Waters and Wadeable Streams (Clean Water Act, Section 305(b) Report) - October 2006
  
  
• Final Report of the Scientific Planning and Review Committee (SPARC) to SWAMP, May 2006.  A triennial external scientific review is part of SWAMP's ongoing programmatic review process.  The current review was initiated in October 2005.   This report contains findings and recommendations by the SPARC for improving SWAMP.
  
  
• Comparison of the Performance of Different Bioassessment Methods, 2006
  
  
• Comprehensive Monitoring and Assessment Strategy to Protect and Restore California's Water Quality, October 2005.
  
  
• SWAMP QAPP : Puckett, M. 2002. Quality Assurance Management Plan for the State of California's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). Prepared for California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Sacramento, CA. First version, December 2002.
  
  
• Development of a Quality Assurance Program for the State of California by Val Connor, April 2005.
  
  
• The Status and Future of Biological Assessment for California Streams - Prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc. for the California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Sacramento, CA. Final Report. January 2003.
  


• State Mussel Watch & Toxic Substance Monitoring Program Publications
  
  
• Condition Assessment of Coastal Streams in Southern and Central California Draft Report - 2004 (11/3/06)
  
  
• A Quantitative Tool for Assessing the Integrity of Southern California Coastal Streams (11/15/06)
  
  
• Probabilistic Assessment of the Biotic Condition of Perennial Streams and Rivers in California Final Report - 2005 (11/3/06)
  
  
• Development of a Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (B-IBI) for Wadeable Streams in Northern Coastal California and Its Application to Regional 305(b) Assessment.  Draft Report. September 2005. (11/3/06)
  
  
• Toxicity Testing and Toxicity Identification Evaluation. Final Report. April 2006
  

Regional Reports and Documents

• View Regional Board Workplans and other Documents:
  
  • Region 1 - North Coast
  • Region 2 - San Francisco Bay
  • Region 3 - Central Coast
  • Region 4 - Los Angeles
  • Region 5 - Central Valley
  • Region 6 - Lahontan
  • Region 7 - Colorado River
  • Region 8 - Santa Ana
  • Region 9 - San Diego

SWAMP Fact Sheets

• Summary Fact Sheets which present and explain broad aspects of the SWAMP program.

Workshop Presentations

• Monitoring Design and Quality Assurance for Projects Compatible with the SWAMP Program (presented March 29, 2004 and April 6, 2004):
  • SWAMP QA Training Introduction by Val Connor
  • Monitoring & Reporting Plans - Project Assessment & Evaluation Plan by Carrie Austin
  • Environmental Monitoring Program Design by Karen Larsen
  • Quality Assurance & Quality Control: An Overview by Karen Larsen
  • Quality Assurance Project Plans - A SWAMP Example by Bill Ray
  • California's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program - SWAMP Update 2004 by Val Connor
    
    
• California Aquatic Bioassessment
  • California Aquatic Bioassessment Annual Workshops
    • 2007 - 14th Annual Meeting - November 29-30, 2007, UC Davis
    • 2006 - 13th Annual Meeting - November 29-30, 2006
    • 2005 - 12th Annual Meeting - November 1-2, 2005
    • 2004 - 11th Annual Meeting - November 30 & December 1, 2004
    • 2003 - 10th Annual Meeting - December 2-4, 2003

( updated 7/8/08 )