Identify where fecal coliform or nutrient pollution is greatest in a given watershed Characterize the level of toxic contaminants in a water body Determine if annual discharge from Smith Creek has increased due to changing land use Bring a water body into compliance with water quality standards by using a model and historic data to predict the magnitude of pollution sources and the effects of source reduction xxxx 4.2 Project objectives Describe specific activities you want to accomplish. Examples include to: Collect ## water and ## sediment samples from a specific area of Puget Sound Analyze PCBs in ## tissue samples of freshwater fish collected from Smith Creek Analyze historic precipitation and stream-gage data to establish a flow-rating curve Simulate effects of new construction (e.g., roadway, stormwater retention pond) on streamflows and water quality xxxx 4.3 Information needed and sources Summarize the types and sources of existing data to be assembled, and all new data to be collected, that will address project objectives. Projects that involve analysis of existing environmental information, including many GIS layers, should summarize the data needed. For environmental modeling projects, data need can be described in overview here, with details provided in Section 7.3. xxxx 4.4 Tasks required List tasks, the specific activities planned to address each objective or obtain the needed information. For example, if one objective is to measure summer dissolved oxygen in Smith Creek, then a corresponding task might be to deploy continuous DO monitoring instrumentation at one site in Reach X and collect weekly grab samples from multiple depths at the same location. xxxx 4.5 Systematic planning process used Preparing the QAPP is adequate systematic planning for most projects. However, for very complex or specialized projects, consider including description of a formalized systematic planning process. xxxx
Identify where fecal coliform or nutrient pollution is greatest in a given watershed Characterize the level of toxic contaminants in a water body Determine if annual discharge from Smith Creek has increased due to changing land use Bring a water body into compliance with water quality standards by using a model and historic data to predict the magnitude of pollution sources and the effects of source reduction xxxx 4.2 Project objectives Describe specific activities you want to accomplish. Examples include to: Collect ## water and ## sediment samples from a specific area of Puget Sound Analyze PCBs in ## tissue samples of freshwater fish collected from Smith Creek Analyze historic precipitation and stream-gage data to establish a flow-rating curve Simulate effects of new construction (e.g., roadway, stormwater retention pond) on streamflows and water quality xxxx 4.3 Information needed and sources Summarize the types and sources of existing data to be assembled, and all new data to be collected, that will address project objectives. Projects that involve analysis of existing environmental information, including many GIS layers, should summarize the data needed. For environmental modeling projects, data need can be described in overview here, with details provided in Section 7.3. xxxx 4.4 Tasks required List tasks, the specific activities planned to address each objective or obtain the needed information. For example, if one objective is to measure summer dissolved oxygen in Smith Creek, then a corresponding task might be to deploy continuous DO monitoring instrumentation at one site in Reach X and collect weekly grab samples from multiple depths at the same location. xxxx 4.5 Systematic planning process used Preparing the QAPP is adequate systematic planning for most projects. However, for very complex or specialized projects, consider including description of a formalized systematic planning process. xxxx
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