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              Table 4. Summary of quality assurance, data management, analysis and reporting responsibilities for Bureau of Water monitoring programs.
SURFACE WATER MONITORING - FIXED STATIONS
Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Routine collections for chemical,
network (AWQMN) physical and bacteriological
parameters by regional Bureau
of Water (BOW) Surface Water
Section (SWS) staff.
Fish Contaminant Monitoring Collection of whole fish and fillet IEPA Springfield Organics Laboratory for Fish consumption advisories issued
Program (FCMP) composite samples by IL Dept of Organic parameters and IEPA Champaign via a cooperative arrangement with
Natural Resources (IDNR). Laboratory for Mercury; or contractual Fish Contaminant Monitoring
laboratories as designated. Program workgroup (IEPA, IDNR,
IDPH & IDA).
Ambient and Clean Lakes Routine collections for chemical, Water chemistry and Chlorophyll data ALMP and Clean Lake data assessed
Monitoring Programs physical, biological, and verified by IEPA Laboratory staff prior by BOW SWS Section Lake Program
(ALMP) & (ICLP) sediment chemistry parameters to LIMS entry; all data validated by BOW staff for special Clean Lake reporting,
by regional BOW Surface Water SWS Section Lakes staff prior to final trophic status assessments,
Section staff. STORET entry. diagnostic feasibility studies, lake
classification and impairment, and
use attainment assessments for
305(b) reports.
Lake Michigan Monitoring Routine collections for chemical, General water chemistry analysis performed
physical, and biological by Chicago Water Purification Division
parameters by IEPA BOW Laboratory; additional analyses by IEPA
Surface Water Section staff and City Champaign/Springfield Laboratories.
of Chicago Water Quality Chlorophyll analysis by IEPA Champaign
Surveillance Section. Laboratory.
INTENSIVE BASIN / SPECIAL SURVEYS (BIOSURVEYS)
Intensive / Special Surveys Analysis of routine chemical constituents
and metals in surficial sediments performed
at IEPA Champaign Laboratory.
Analysis for organic compounds in surficial
sediments at IEPA Springfield Organics
Laboratory. Macroinvertebrate ID's at
IEPA regional SWS labs or by contractual
arrangement.
Routine analysis for chemical constituents in
water, metals in surficial sediment, and
Chlorophyll a by IEPA Champaign Laboratory;
organics in water and surficial sediment at IEPA
Springfield Laboratory. Phytoplankton
identification and enumeration by contractual
arrangement.
AWQMN data retrieved from STORET
and analyzed by SWS headquarters
and regional office staff for 305(b) and
Intensive Basin reports, and data
requests by the general public.
Lake Michigan data assessed by IEPA
BOW regional SWS staff and City of
Chicago Water Quality Surveillance
Section for preparation of Lake
Michigan WQ reports and by IEPA for
305(b) reporting.
Intensive data assessed by IEPA SWS
staff. Data used for 305(b) aquatic life
use support assessments,
determination of point and nonpoint
source impairment sources for 305(b)
reports, intensive basin reports, and
Biological Stream Characterization
(BSC) ratings.
Collection of water chemistry, fish and
macroinvertebrate communities, habitat
quality, stream discharge and sediment
chemistry samples by IEPA regional
SWS staff in cooperation with IDNR.
Fish tissue samples collected for
contaminant analysis when possible.
Routine analysis for chemical constituents in
water, metals in surficial sediment, and
Chlorophyll a by IEPA Champaign Laboratory;
organics in water by IEPA Springfield Lab;
fecal coliform bacteria by SWS field staff, IL
Dept. of Public Health Lab. in Springfield, the
IEPA Champaign Lab. and the City of
Carbondale Lab, and Suburban Labs Hillsdale.
Water chemistry data verified by IEPA
Laboratory staff prior to entry into the
Laboratory Information Management
System (LIMS); data validated by SWS
staff prior to entry in STORET.
Fish tissue data validated and entered into
STORET by BOW Surface Water Section
staff; fish contaminant database
maintained by IEPA Office of Chemical
Safety staff.
Water chemistry/chlorophyll data verified
by IEPA Champaign Laboratory;
additional data analyzed and validated by
City of Chicago Laboratory and BOW
SWS staff prior to STORET ENTRY.
All Water and sediment chemistry data
verified by IEPA Lab staff prior to LIMS
entry; all chemical data validated by BOW
SWS staff prior to STORET entry. QA for
macroinvertebrate ID's provided by
outside taxonomists and BOW SWS
regional office staff. QA for BIOS data
entry provided by SWS staff. Fish ID's
and data QA performed by IDNR staff,
university ichthyologists, and IEPA SWS
staff.
DATA ANALYSIS
PROGRAM ELEMENT: CORE INDICATORS LABORATORY ANALYSIS DATA MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING