|
|
|
|
(from EPA’s QAPP website at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/qappexec.html)
Step 1: Establish a small team whose members will serve
as advisors in helping you develop the QAPP by offering feedback and guidance
throughout the entire process.
Step 2: Determine the goals and objectives of your project--why it's needed, who will use the data, and how the data will be used.
Step 3: Collect background info. to help in designing
your project. (See background info.
sheet.)
Step 4: Refine
your project's goals once you've collected more information.
Step 5: Design
your project's sampling, analytical, data requirements-what, how, when, and
where you'll be monitoring. (See samples
from Mass. Water Watch Project, Housatonic Valley Assoc. and Lake Onota
Preservation Assoc.)
Step 6: Develop
an implementation plan that lays out project logistics.
Step 7: Draft
your standard operating procedures (SOPs) & QAPP. (See samples from Mass. Water Watch Project, Housatonic Valley
Assoc. and Lake Onota Preservation Assoc.)
Step 8: Solicit
feedback on your draft SOPs & QAPP from teachers, state or EPA regional QA
contacts and potential data users.
Step 9: Revise
your QAPP based on review comments and submit it for approval.
Step 10: Once
your QAPP is approved, begin your monitoring program. (See Monitoring program below.)
Step 11: Evaluate and refine your project over time, and reflect major changes in revised QAPP.