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Monday, July 15
 

8:00am CDT

Continuous Water-Quality: Best practices for Calibrations and Field Procedures
Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Midway 5
Calibrations, Field Procedures and Demos, Oh My! Are you interested in best practices for Continuous Water Quality? This course will go over fundamentals of continuous water-quality calibrations and field procedures and include on-site demos and exercises. Students should bring a laptop.
Speakers
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Cory Kavan

Hydrologist, USGS
avatar for Taylor Camper

Taylor Camper

Hydrologic Technician, USGS: Western WA Field Office
I have been with the Survey since 2017, the first 6 years with the VA-WV WSC and 1 year with the Western WA Field Office. During my career, I have worked primarily in QW, focused on continuous and discrete water-quality work. I have made plenty of mistakes, but they have all been... Read More →
avatar for Ernie McCoy

Ernie McCoy

Hydrologic Technician, USGS-Dakota WSC
Hydrotech at the Grand Forks field office in North Dakota. I started as a student the summer of 09, graduated from UND with a bachelors degree in Environmental Geoscience. I stream gage, collect discrete samples and run continuous monitors collecting the big five.
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
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Justin Krahulik

Hydrologic Technician, USGS
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Brent Hall

Hydrologist, USGS
Monday July 15, 2024 8:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Midway 5
  WATER QUALITY, COURSE

1:00pm CDT

Continuous Water-Quality Records Refresher
Monday July 15, 2024 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Midway 5
The USGS maintains a large network of real-time continuous water-quality instruments to assess conditions in surface and groundwater. Throughout the country, there are over 2,500 sites where the big 5 parameters (temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) are monitored. These continuous water-quality data are available to the public (WaterQualityWatch, National Water Information System, and USGS National Water Dashboard). USGS data are known for the high quality and accuracy, which means that staff must apply data corrections consistently. Staff often need instruction on records corrections, computation, and processing using AQUARIUS Time Series (TS). This refresher presents concepts and procedures for record computation outlined in Techniques and Methods Report Book 1, Section D3 titled "Guidelines and Standard Procedures of Continuous Water-Quality Monitors Station Operation, Record Computation and Data Reporting." Staff that are involved in the collection and processing of continuous water-quality monitoring data and interested in better understanding continuous water-quality monitoring records computation are encouraged to attend. This is not intended to replace QW2298, but to offer staff an opportunity to get hands-on training and assistance in water-quality records. Staff should bring questions!
Speakers
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
Monday July 15, 2024 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Midway 5
  WATER QUALITY, COURSE
 
Tuesday, July 16
 

1:00pm CDT

Evaluation of Alternative Coatings for USGS Water-Quality Samplers
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:00pm - 1:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
Each year, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) personnel collect approximately 52,000 water-quality samples from rivers and streams across the United States. Several samplers are employed by the USGS for water-quality sample collection in riverine environments. These samplers are coated with Plasti Dip® to protect the exterior of the sampler; however, Plasti Dip® is susceptible to fraying and wear, requiring maintenance. Alternative coatings were tested to determine if a different coating is better suited for the samplers. The alternative coatings included DuraCoat®, Raptor, and powder coating; a fifth option was bare metal. Samplers with different coatings were evaluated based on initial coating application, equipment-blank samples, a controlled-destruction test, blank-sample collection with worn samplers, maintenance and re-coating of samplers, and field-use and degradation tracking. The powder-coated sampler proved to be the top performer in each aspect of the study.
Speakers
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Alyssa Thornton

Supervisory Hydrologic Technician, U.S. Geological Survey
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:00pm - 1:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

1:00pm CDT

The 411 on Continuous Water-Quality (CWQ): Find out the latest on CWQ efforts, resources, and updates
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:00pm - 1:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
The USGS Continuous Water-Quality community maintains a large network of real-time instruments. Throughout the country, the USGS is collecting over 6,000 continuous water-quality datasets at over 2,500 sites and measuring more than 8 water-quality parameters (temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nitrate, chlorophyll, and Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter (fDOM)). Discover what CWQ resources are available for staff, who to contact with questions or suggestions, and what efforts are in progress. This is the 411 on Continuous Water Quality.
Speakers
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:00pm - 1:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

1:30pm CDT

Ask the AQUARIUS Samples Team
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
The AQUARIUS Samples team will be available for a Question-and-Answer session.
Speakers
MC

Michael Canova

Hydrologist / Data Management Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, LISTENING SESSION

1:30pm CDT

Continuous Water-Quality Community - Networking/Meet your Peers Session
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Learn more about the USGS Continuous Water-Quality Community at this facilitated networking session. Meet your colleagues, make contacts, and discuss parameters and processes. Ever wish you had more time to ask peers about equipment or a challenge? Great ideas often come by having conversations with people about a shared problem or interest. During this session, employees will get the opportunity to share perspectives with a subset of peers working on the same topics.
Speakers
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
Tuesday July 16, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, LISTENING SESSION

3:00pm CDT

Discrete Water-Quality Sampling - Overview of the USGS PFAS Sampling Strategy-
Tuesday July 16, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
This session will cover various aspects of the USGS PFAS sampling strategy.
It will include the development of the strategy and results from preliminary evaluations in cleaning protocols, material selection and techniques.
Target audience: Staff who are collecting discrete water-quality samples for PFAS analysis.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Bodkin

Lee Bodkin

I am the water-quality specialist for the south-Atlantic water science center (GA/NC/SC - aka SAWSC) and sit in the Raleigh, NC office.I started with the USGS in 2007 as a hydro-tech in the Gulf Coast program office of the OK-TX WSC, became a hydrologist in 2009 and became the QW... Read More →
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JC
avatar for Joe Duris

Joe Duris

Water-quality Specialist, USGS-PAWSC
Tuesday July 16, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

4:00pm CDT

Graphing and Synthesizing Continuous and Discrete Water-Quality Data
Tuesday July 16, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Join us to give input on water-quality graphs!  The project, A National Tool for Graphing and Synthesizing Continuous and Discrete Water-Quality Data, was one of eleven Community of Data Integration (CDI; https://www.usgs.gov/centers/community-for-data-integration-cdi/news/congratulations-2024-cdi-awarded-projects) awarded projects in Fiscal Year 2024. The prototype tool will consist of an interactive user interface for generating advanced visualizations of water-quality parameters to compare with past data, and other parameters and locations. The proof-of-concept will result in a prioritization of graphics and plot types and a reusable tool and codebase. Learn more about the project, the programming progress, and have an opportunity to provide recommendations and suggestions to graphs!
Speakers
LD
avatar for Julia Prokopec

Julia Prokopec

Hydrologist/FIM Coordinator/Assistant Flood Coordinator, USGS
Julia Prokopec is a hydrologist in the Web Informatics & Mapping Team (WIM) in the Upper Midwest Water Science Center in St Paul, MN. She works with partners and lead developers to coordinate development and project management within WIM. She is also the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping... Read More →
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Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
avatar for Amber Jones

Amber Jones

Physical Scientist/Product Owner, USGS
- I am in the Hydrologic Networks Branch of the Observing Systems in WMA.- I physically sit in Logan UT- I am involved in improving data workflows- I am the product owner for NuGo2
HW
MD
SR
Tuesday July 16, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, LISTENING SESSION
 
Wednesday, July 17
 

8:00am CDT

CQW Best Practices When Servicing a Sonde
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:00am - 8:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Best practices for beginners in continuous water quality when performing a servicing on a multi-parameter sonde.
Speakers
avatar for Taylor Camper

Taylor Camper

Hydrologic Technician, USGS: Western WA Field Office
I have been with the Survey since 2017, the first 6 years with the VA-WV WSC and 1 year with the Western WA Field Office. During my career, I have worked primarily in QW, focused on continuous and discrete water-quality work. I have made plenty of mistakes, but they have all been... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:00am - 8:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

8:00am CDT

Discrete Water-Quality Sampling - (part 1 of 3) What to do before discrete water-quality samples are collected
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
This session will cover the various aspects of what is typically done before a discrete water-quality sample can be collected and options for project management.
It will include a general overview of the discrete water-quality sampling process, how to look up lab codes/schedules, what bottles are needed for what analysis, equipment blanks, filling out ASR's and other laboratory paperwork, site selection, assessing equipment needs, establishing field folders and various project related documents.
Target audience: Staff who are interested or new(er) to collecting a discrete water-quality sample or will be in the future.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Bodkin

Lee Bodkin

I am the water-quality specialist for the south-Atlantic water science center (GA/NC/SC - aka SAWSC) and sit in the Raleigh, NC office.I started with the USGS in 2007 as a hydro-tech in the Gulf Coast program office of the OK-TX WSC, became a hydrologist in 2009 and became the QW... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

8:30am CDT

Results from the Water Temperature Thermistor Field Test, 2022-2024
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Learn more about the completed field evaluation of three commercially available water temperature thermistors (Sutron AquaTemp, Forest Technology Systems (FTS) Digitemps, and Instrumentation Northwest (INW) T1 SDI-12), findings, and future steps. The three temperature thermistors were installed side-by-side at 6 different locations from Water Science Centers that volunteered for the study (locations include Hawaii, New York, Nevada, Indiana, North Carolina, and South Dakota) and operated for 18 months. Data and more information are available at Water Temperature Thermistor Field Test Sharepoint (https://doimspp.sharepoint.com/sites/usgs-Continuous-Water-Quality/SitePages/Water-Temperature-Thermistor-Field-Test.aspx).
Speakers
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
avatar for Brian McCallum

Brian McCallum

National Streamgage Network Coordinator, USGS-WMA-OSD
Brian McCallum is currently the National Streamgage Network Coordinator within the USGS Water Mission Area, Observing Systems Division. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelors (1991) and master’s degrees (1992) in civil engineering. He started full-time... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

9:00am CDT

Discrete Water-Quality Sampling - (part 2 of 3) Techniques and Methods for Discrete Sample Collection (SW & GW)
Wednesday July 17, 2024 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
This session will cover the various techniques and methods used to collect a discrete water-quality sample.
It will include an overview of various discrete sampling equipment, conditions the equipment is appropriate for, techniques for using the equipment, introduction to sample processing and sample preservation.
Target audience: Staff who are interested or new(er) to collecting a discrete water-quality sample or will be in the future.

Class will Break from 9:30 to 10 am.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Bodkin

Lee Bodkin

I am the water-quality specialist for the south-Atlantic water science center (GA/NC/SC - aka SAWSC) and sit in the Raleigh, NC office.I started with the USGS in 2007 as a hydro-tech in the Gulf Coast program office of the OK-TX WSC, became a hydrologist in 2009 and became the QW... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

10:00am CDT

Water Temperature Monitoring in the Illinois River Basin
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Temperature is a principal driver for a variety of in-stream processes including but not limited to biotic activities, chemical reactions, and changes in fluid properties. Additionally, changes in precipitation patterns, snow cover, stream shading, groundwater inputs, and air temperature are driving factors for stream temperatures. The Illinois River Basin supports a variety of uses such as wildlife habitat, power generation, and recreation. Higher in-stream temperatures can lead to harmful algal blooms and other biological and chemical extremes that can cause diminished or toxic habitat for wildlife and limit the human use of streams and rivers within the Illinois River Basin.

As part of the Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) project in the Illinois River Basin paired air and water temperature probes were deployed at 34 sites in 4 major tributaries to the Illinois River and includes monitoring upstream and downstream of 3 reservoirs. This broad spatial distribution using relatively low-cost temperature probes will provide a dataset that could be used to inform numerous research questions across disciplines and agencies.

The objective of this effort is two-fold: (1) to assess the effects of different environmental factors on temperature dynamics in surface water and, (2) to quantify the effect of reservoirs on stream temperature in reaches downstream of a dam. Specifically, what are the major drivers for stream temperatures within the Illinois River Basin and how do these drivers change seasonally or geographically within the basin.
Speakers
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Luis Garcia

Physical Scientist, USGS CMWSC
I started my USGS career as a hydro tech. in the Murray Field Office in Kentucky in 2016. I transitioned to the Central Midwest Science Center in Urbana in 2019 and transitioned to a Physical Scientist in 2021. Since my first day with the survey, I've had the opportunity to working... Read More →
LS
avatar for Lydia Shotton

Lydia Shotton

Hydrologic Technician, USGS CMWSC
I've been with the USGS for about 2 years as both a student and hydrologic technician in the Nutrient and Sediment Interactions section in the Central Midwest Water Science Center in Urbana, IL. The majority of my time is spent in the field or the lab collecting and processing water... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

10:30am CDT

Discrete Water-Quality Sampling - (part 3 of 3) What Happens After a Discrete Water-Quality Sample has been Collected
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
This session will cover what has to be done after a discrete water-quality sample has been collected.
It will include sample processing methods and order, sample preservation, overview of sample shipping, completing paperwork and an introduction to data review options.
Target audience: Staff who are interested or new(er) to collecting a discrete water-quality sample or will be in the future.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Bodkin

Lee Bodkin

I am the water-quality specialist for the south-Atlantic water science center (GA/NC/SC - aka SAWSC) and sit in the Raleigh, NC office.I started with the USGS in 2007 as a hydro-tech in the Gulf Coast program office of the OK-TX WSC, became a hydrologist in 2009 and became the QW... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

10:30am CDT

Real-time Phosphorus: USGS Testing and Usage of Phosphorus Analyzers
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Phosphorus data is an integral part of numerous scientific studies due to its role as a potential limiting nutrient. This presentation will demonstrate some successful ways to achieve real-time phosphorus data and results from testing six commercially available analyzers. Results cover usage, data quality, and common issues collecting real-time phosphorus.
Speakers
avatar for Colin Peake

Colin Peake

Physical Scientist, USGS - CMWSC
I’m into all things continuous water quality! Expert in nutrient sensor technologies.
Wednesday July 17, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

3:00pm CDT

External laboratory data: An example workflow using scripting and other tools for data management, evaluation, approval, and upload
Wednesday July 17, 2024 3:00pm - 3:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
The USGS frequently uses external laboratories for analyses of discrete water-quality samples. For example, if a cooperator is interested in a constituent that the National Water Quality Lab (NWQL) does not analyze, the project team may identify a suitable laboratory that performs this analysis. However, if an external lab is not contracted through the NWQL, specific data management and approval procedures must be considered. Use of a non-contracted external lab may require staff to upload sample results to the National Water Information System (NWIS), and possibly complete the USGS’s formal laboratory evaluation process (LEP).

In this presentation, we will show an example workflow describing data management, LEP document preparation, QA/QC evaluation, and uploading results to WDFN through the USGS batch data loader (BDL). This workflow was developed by the California WSC Biogeochemistry (BGC) Group and uses scripting in both Python and R, and a Tableau data visualization tool to manage and evaluate external laboratory data. These tools have helped us streamline our process, saving time and reducing transcription errors. We receive numerous data files from external laboratories, and this workflow has increased the efficiency of publishing our data in NWIS. Other Centers could likely incorporate the tools we developed into their own processes to further enhance workflows for evaluating and using external laboratories.
Speakers
avatar for Maura Uebner

Maura Uebner

Hydrologic Technician / LDM
I currently work as a Hydrologic Technician with the Biogeochemistry Group (BGC) in the CAWSC. BGC primarily works in the San Francisco Bay-Delta region, where we operate a network of ~20 continuous water quality monitoring sites, perform wide-area high-speed water quality mapping... Read More →
Wednesday July 17, 2024 3:00pm - 3:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

4:00pm CDT

Monitoring harmful algal blooms in two Colorado reservoirs using discrete and continuous water-quality sampling, and remote sensing
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
This information is intended for a presentation, rather than a training course.
Multiple techniques are being used in two Colorado reservoir systems (the Three Lakes System near Granby, Colorado, and Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison, Colorado) to monitor Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The techniques are continuous monitoring of fluorescence of total chlorophyll and phycocyanin, discrete sampling for chlorophyll-a and algal taxonomy, and construction of satellite (Sentinel 2) models mapping chlorophyll-a concentrations. In the presentation we will compare the results of the different monitoring techniques with the timing of HABs in the reservoirs. The different techniques have different utility in each of the reservoirs and used in combination help track the occurrence of HABs throughout the ice-free season.
Speakers
KW
TC
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

4:00pm CDT

Show and Tell: QW Monitors Deployments
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom B
DISCUSSION GROUP--This guided session aims to provide a venue for dialogue amongst those interested in QW monitor deployments and other things related to QW monitors. Utilizing the projector in the classroom we can share photos so have your photos handy and able to send them through email or teams.
Speakers
avatar for Ernie McCoy

Ernie McCoy

Hydrologic Technician, USGS-Dakota WSC
Hydrotech at the Grand Forks field office in North Dakota. I started as a student the summer of 09, graduated from UND with a bachelors degree in Environmental Geoscience. I stream gage, collect discrete samples and run continuous monitors collecting the big five.
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Grand Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, SHOW AND TELL

4:30pm CDT

Replacing the Hach Nitratax: Preliminary Laboratory and Field results from the NT3 series.
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:30pm - 4:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
The Hach Nitratax has been extensively used by the USGS to collect real-time nitrate concentrations in surface waters. The Nitratax has been replaced by the NT3 series creating uncertainty about data quality and comparability to existing nitrate data. Preliminary results from laboratory and field testing the NT3 series will be shown.
Speakers
avatar for Colin Peake

Colin Peake

Physical Scientist, USGS - CMWSC
I’m into all things continuous water quality! Expert in nutrient sensor technologies.
Wednesday July 17, 2024 4:30pm - 4:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS
 
Thursday, July 18
 

8:00am CDT

Discrete Water-Quality Sampling - Information on the NWQL ASRs, cooler packing, and Information related to Contract Labs
Thursday July 18, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
This session will cover various aspects of shipping discrete water-quality samples to the National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL).
It will include how to look up information on the NWQL internal website, LIMs v11, ASRs, and general information on contract labs.
Target audience: Staff who are sending discrete water-quality samples to the NWQL or will be in the future.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Bodkin

Lee Bodkin

I am the water-quality specialist for the south-Atlantic water science center (GA/NC/SC - aka SAWSC) and sit in the Raleigh, NC office.I started with the USGS in 2007 as a hydro-tech in the Gulf Coast program office of the OK-TX WSC, became a hydrologist in 2009 and became the QW... Read More →
Thursday July 18, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

8:00am CDT

Quality issues and troubleshooting of water-quality monitors
Thursday July 18, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Do you use water-quality monitors and want to learn more about troubleshooting? This course will look at common problems with water-quality monitors and will demonstrate how to identify problems and fix them.
Speakers
KS

Kim Shaffer

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Kimberly Shaffer has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for the past 26 years. As a hydrologist, she has collected and published streamflow, water-quality, and water-use data. In 2021, Kim became the Continuous... Read More →
avatar for Diana Phillips

Diana Phillips

Hydrologist, USGS NYWSC
Diana Phillips has a Bachelor of Science in both Environmental Science with a specialization in Sustainability Science and Policy and in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY. Diana has a range of streamgaging experience including surface water, groundwater, water quality... Read More →
Thursday July 18, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

9:00am CDT

Considerations for Deploying the YSI EXO in Long-Term Deployments
Thursday July 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Considerations for deploying and working with the YSI EXO sonde.
Speakers
avatar for Taylor Camper

Taylor Camper

Hydrologic Technician, USGS: Western WA Field Office
I have been with the Survey since 2017, the first 6 years with the VA-WV WSC and 1 year with the Western WA Field Office. During my career, I have worked primarily in QW, focused on continuous and discrete water-quality work. I have made plenty of mistakes, but they have all been... Read More →
Thursday July 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

9:00am CDT

USGS National Water Quality Network (NWQN-SW): Overview on collection and reporting
Thursday July 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
Understanding the water quality of U.S. streams and rivers requires consistent data collection and analysis over decades. The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Network (NWQN) was established to facilitate national-scale understanding of surface-water quality conditions through the collection of comparable data in large rivers and small streams in different geographic and land-use settings. Data collected by the NWQN support the needs of Federal, State and local stakeholders tasked with managing our Nation’s water resources. This talk will provide an overview of the history of national-scale, surface-water quality monitoring in the USGS, current network objectives and scope, data collection and reporting methods, sampling resources as well as published products utilizing NWQN data.
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Riskin

Melissa Riskin

National Water Quality Network Coordinator, USGS-WMA-OSD
Melissa Riskin is currently the Coordinator of the National Water Quality Network (NWQN-SW) within the USGS Water Mission Area, Observing Systems Division. She is also the Product Owner of the field software Superfly. Melissa graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a... Read More →
Thursday July 18, 2024 9:00am - 9:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

10:00am CDT

Calibration E-Logbook
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
Speakers
PR

Pat Rasmussen

Hydrologist, USGS
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY

10:00am CDT

What's next for AQUARIUS Samples
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
With the recent launch of AQUARIUS Samples (AQS), there is massive opportunity to grow our water quality workflows. AQS has been launched with an eye towards extensibility through the Discrete Samples Extensibility Tools (DSET), Data Hub Data Warehouse with Dremio, and the Data Hub Service Mesh. The USGS-built extensibility endpoints, along with the native Application Programming Interface offered by AQS itself, makes it easier than ever to build sophisticated data flows to support a wide variety of water quality workflows. This presentation will share what is known about the product roadmap for AQS so that people considering building tooling in the new AQS+ space can plan how to invest resources wisely and so that all users know what to expect from the product now that ASIP is closed.
Speakers
avatar for Kate Norton

Kate Norton

Project Manager, USGS
Kate Norton is the product owner for WMA's AQUARIUS Samples application and also the Function Manager for the Laboratory Software Support and Operations (LASSO) Function. LASSO support the business and science processes for software related to managing discrete sample data and metadata... Read More →
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

10:30am CDT

Turbidity corrections for field-based fluorescence measurements – achieving better performance
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
As turbidity corrections for field-based fluorescence measurements have been conducted at more sites with elevated turbidities across the nation, evidence of poor correction performance has mounted. In some cases, extreme and erratic values were generated from the corrections. It was determined that the commonly used single parameter exponential fit approximated by Excel does a poor job of correcting for particle interference for many high turbidity samples. An evaluation of turbidity corrections experiments in the laboratory and field samples suggested that updated guidance for turbidity corrections was warranted for high turbidity waters. Here we evaluate different approaches to turbidity corrections for fluorescence measurements and discuss factors affecting the corrections.
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avatar for Jacob Fleck

Jacob Fleck

Research Hydrologist, USGS CAWSC
Thursday July 18, 2024 10:30am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom A
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

11:00am CDT

The latest features in DSET and plans for the future
Thursday July 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
This will be an overview of the Discrete Samples Extensibility Tools (DSET), any updates made since version 1.0.0, and some insights into feature updates that are in the works.
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Dave Rus

WQ Specialist, NEWSC
Product owner of the Batch Data Loader and Water Quality Review (AQS tools)Project lead of the Triangle ProjectMember of the QWILS teamWater Quality Specialist at Nebraska WSC
Thursday July 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:20am CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS

1:00pm CDT

Water-quality monitoring with satellite remote-sensing workflow examples
Thursday July 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom C
How would you like to put satellites and the international space station to work for your water-quality projects? The availability of remote sensing tools for monitoring water quality continues to expand. This session will provide a primer on remote sensing for water quality, followed by several workflow examples based on use cases from the field. Examples will include tools developed just for you by the Remote Sensing for Water Quality project and related partnerships among Water Science Centers, the Water Mission Area, and the Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch.

The introduction to satellites and water quality will overview types of data available from different satellite platforms including which satellites are related to which water-quality parameters. Workflows will cover where and how to access or request satellite data collection and demonstrate several tools. Examples include exploring historic and recent satellite imagery when developing a project sample plan, responding to on-the-ground conditions, and matching field data to satellite imagery. Imagery and related data products can be used to assess access for remote sites based on water levels and ice conditions. The wide spatial view can be used to confirm and track a developing algal bloom. Matching satellite data is important with prior field data, but future sampling can even be planned to coincide with some types of satellite data.

WMA tools include the “Satellite Overpass Calendar Tool” for paired satellite-field observations, the RSWQ dashboard, and improved imagery products for chlorophyll, turbidity, and temperature that are optimized specifically for water, instead of previous terrestrial products.
Speakers
avatar for Tyler King

Tyler King

Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey has undertaken the development of an operational system to deliver remotely sensed water quality at Continental United States scale from Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery. This multi-year project is focused on evaluating published methods of estimating... Read More →
avatar for Michael (he/him) Meyer
JG
Thursday July 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Regency Ballroom C
  WATER QUALITY, TIPS AND TRICKS

2:00pm CDT

Overview of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Thursday July 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
The USGS-National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) has been an NADP partner agency since 1981. USGS is one of many Federal and State agencies of the National Trends Network (NTN) and provides funding for 82 out of a total of 263 NTN sites, the largest Federal funding contributor of all participating agencies. Weekly precipitation samples are collected and shipped to a central laboratory that analyzes the amount and type of atmospheric constituents in the precipitation sample. The NTN provides scientists, resource managers, and policymakers with long-term, high-quality atmospheric deposition data used to support research and decision-making in the areas of air quality, water quality, agricultural effects, forest productivity, materials effects, ecosystem studies, watershed studies, and human health.
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Ryan McCammon

USGS-NADP Coordinator
Thursday July 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:20pm CDT
Regency Ballroom B
  WATER QUALITY, ANALYSIS
 
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