SWQM Guidance and Forms

Use this index page to access guidance documents, forms, and supplementary references related to surface water quality monitoring (SWQM).

• Guidance Documents
• Forms
  • Biological Forms Packet
  • Field Data Forms and Log Sheets
  • SWQMIS Data Management Forms and Checklists
• Training Materials
• Quality Assurance Documents
• Special Project Summaries

Guidance Documents

Guidance and procedures manuals for SWQM activities.

• Procedural Guidance
  • SWQM Procedures Manual: Methods for collecting and analyzing biological community and habitat data and physical and chemical monitoring methods for water, sediment, and tissue.
  • SWQMIS Users Guide (PDF. Help with PDF)
  • SWQM Data Management Reference Guide
  • Guide to Freshwater Ecology (PDF)
• Program Coordination
  • Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Strategy FY 2005 - 2011
  • Coordinated Monitoring Guidance
  • Statewide Coordinated Monitoring Schedule
• Equipment Manuals
  • Calibrating Greenspan Instrument CS4-1200
  • FlowTracker Operations Manual

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Forms

Forms for collecting and managing SWQM data, plus references offering guidance for their use. These forms are available in PDF, Word, and WordPerfect formats. Note: Please download these documents to your local system to ensure proper display and formatting. Help downloading files.

Biological Forms Packet

Guidance related to documents in this section is in RG-416.

• Elements of the Biological Data Summary Packet
• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Forms and Metrics
• Fish Data Forms and Worksheets
• Habitat Assessment Forms and Worksheets

Elements of the Biological Data Summary Packet

• Aquatic Life Monitoring and Habitat Assessment Checklist
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Forms and Metrics

• Benthic Sample Tracking Log
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Benthic Lab Bench Sheet
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Benthic Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Metrics and Scoring for Kick Samples, Rapid Bioassessment Protocol—Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Metrics and Scoring for Surber Samples for Benthic Macroinvertebrates by Bioregion: Central, East, or North
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  

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Fish Data Forms and Worksheets

• Fish Collection Reporting Form (used to report data for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Scientific Collection Permit)
  PDF / Word
  
• Fish Collection Event Data
  PDF / Word
  
• Fish Laboratory Bench Sheet
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Fish Sample Tracking Log
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Worksheets (Guidance in RG-416)
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 24
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 25 & 26
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 27, 29, & 32
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 30
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 31
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 33 & 35
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 34
    PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Nekton Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  
• Quantitative Biological Scoring for Evaluating Aquatic Life Use Subcategories Based on Fish Statewide Criteria
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  

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Habitat Assessment Forms and Worksheets

• Habitat Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part I—Stream Physical Characteristics Worksheet
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part II—Summary of Physical Charateristics of Water Body
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part III—Habitat Quality Index
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect

Field Data Forms and Log Sheets

Guidance related to documents in this section is in RG-415.

• Bacteriological Log Sheets (Coliert/Enterolert)
  PDF / Word
• Bacteriological Log Sheet Example (PDF)
  PDF
• Bacteriological Log Sheets (Membrane Filter)
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Field Data Reporting Forms (Routine field measurements and 24-hour data)
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• Hydrolab Multiprobe Calibration and Maintenance Log Sheet
  PDF / Word
• Stream Flow (Discharge) Measurement Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
• YSI Multiprobe Calibration and Maintenance Log Sheet
  PDF / Word

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SWQMIS Data Management Forms and Checklists

Guidance for submitting data to SWQMIS is in Draft 2007 SWQM Data Management Reference Guide (DMRG)

• Data Correction Request Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  (DMRG Chapter 9)
• Data Review Checklist
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  (DMRG Chapter 8)
• Parameter Code Request Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  (DMRG Chapter 2)
• Station Location (SLOC) Request Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  (DMRG Chapter 3)
• Source Code / Program Code / Tag Prefix Request and Checklist
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect (DMRG Chapter 4 and Chapter 5)
• SWQM Data Request Form
  PDF / Word / WordPerfect
  (DMRG Chapter 10)

Training Materials

• Stream Flow Module
  PDF / PPT

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Quality Assurance Documents

• 2008 Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for Monitoring and Assessment (PDF)
• Monitoring Types That Require a QAPP (PDF)
• Monitoring Project Description Form (MPDF) Shell
  PDF / DOC
• Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) Shell
  PDF / DOC

Special Project Summaries

• EPA National Lakes Assessment Texas (PDF)
• Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring In The Brazos River Basin (PDF)
• Managing Agricultural Water Supplies Along The Texas/Mexico Border (PDF)
• Upper Rio Grande Basin Salinity Monitoring Projects (PDF)
• Lake Palestine Diurnal Survey-Region 5 Tyler (PDF)

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