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Surface Water Quality Bureau
Monitoring & Assessment
Standards Operating Procedures

James Hogan
Program Manager
(505) 476-3671

These Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) serves as guidance to SWQB personnel engaged in monitoring of New Mexico surface waters.

SOP INDEX OF SUBJECTS, FORMS, and SUBJECT MATTER CONTACTS

SOFTWARE NEEDED

	Adobe Acrobat 6.0
	Microsoft Excel 2003
	Microsoft Word 2003

TITLE

FORMS

CONTACTS

1.0

General

Jodey Kougioulis

1.1

SOP Creation & Maintenance

2.0

Planning

2.1

Development of Field Sampling Plan (FSP)

FSP Template / Example

FSP Table Template / Example

3.0

Equipment [PENDING]

Master Equipment Checklist

4.0

Field Observations

4.1

Probable Source Determination

Probable Source(s) and Site Condition Field Form

Lynette Guevara

Public Probable Source ID Survey

Attachment #1: EPA List of Probable Sources

See also Probable Sources Website

4.2

Hydrology Protocol

4.3

Photographs [PENDING]

5.0

Physical Habitat

Wadeable Streams

Equipment Checklist

6.0

Sondes & Thermographs

6.1

Sonde Calibration and Maintenance

Calibration Form

[Vacant]

YSI Calibration Tips

6.2

Sonde Deployment

Sonde Deployment Form

[Vacant]

Stream Field Data Form

Sonde Securing Procedures

Setting Sondes for Unattended Sampling

Sonde Data Upload Instructions

6.3

[Vacant]

6.4

Thermograph Deployment Form

Gary Schiffmiller

Thermograph Deployment Checklist

7.0

Flow

Flow Field Sheet

Flow Sheet and Calculator

8.0

Chemical Sampling

8.1

Cleaning of Sampling Equipment

8.2

Chemical Sampling in Lotic Environments

Stream Field Data Form

Total Residual Chlorine Data Upload Form

Chemical Sampling Checklist

SLD Submittal Forms

9.0

Bacteriological Sampling

[Vacant]

Bacteria Record Sheet

Bacteria Database Upload

Bacteria Database Upload - Example

10.0

Nutrient Survey and Sampling

Level I Nutrient Form

11.0

Biological Sampling

11.1

Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Field Form - Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Peripyton

11.2

Chlorophyll a Analysis Sheet

11.3

Phytoplankton

[RESERVED - Please see 12.0 Lake Sampling for current procedures]

Charles Dentino

11.4

Fish Community Sampling

Fish Sampling Field Sheet

Gary Schiffmiller

Fish Collection Checklist
(Streams)

Physical Characterization / Water Quality Field Datasheet

11.5

Fish Consumption
Advisory Program

Gary Schiffmiller

12.0

Lake Sampling

Lake Field Sheet

Charles Dentino

Lakes Checklist

13.0

Sediment Sampling

[RESERVED*]

14.0

Stormwater Sampling

[RESERVED*]

15.0

Data Verification and Validation

Data Verification & Validation Forms

Jodey Kougioulis

[* SWQB does not currently preform this type of sampling. See the 2007 SOP for past procedures.]

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