Forms for Collecting and Managing Data, and Assuring Data Quality: Surface Water Monitoring

• Monitoring and Data Collection Forms
• Field Data Forms and Logsheets
• SWQMIS Data Management Forms and Checklist
• Quality Assurance Plans and Forms

Monitoring and Data Collection Forms

Forms are available in PDF and Word formats. Please download these documents to your local system to ensure proper display and formatting. Help downloading files.

• Biological Forms Packet
• Field Data Forms and Log Sheets

Biological Forms Packet

Guidance related to documents in this section is in RG-416.

• Elements of the Biological Data Summary Packet
• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Forms and Metrics
• Fish Data Forms and Worksheets
• Habitat Assessment Forms and Worksheets

Elements of the Biological Data Summary Packet

• Aquatic Life Monitoring and Habitat Assessment Checklist
  PDF / Word

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Forms and Metrics

• Benthic Sample Tracking Log
  PDF / Word
• Benthic Lab Bench Sheet
  PDF / Word
• Benthic Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word
• Metrics and Scoring for Kick Samples, Rapid Bioassessment Protocol—Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  PDF / Word
• Metrics and Scoring for Surber Samples for Benthic Macroinvertebrates by Bioregion: Central, East, or North
  PDF / Word

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Fish Data Forms and Worksheets

• Fish Collection Reporting Form (used to report data for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Scientific Collection Permit)
  PDF / Word
• Fish Collection Event Data
  PDF / Word
• Fish Laboratory Bench Sheet
  PDF / Word
• Fish Sample Tracking Log
  PDF / Word
• Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Worksheets (Guidance in RG-416)
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 24
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 25 & 26
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 27, 29, & 32
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 30
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 31
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregions 33 & 35
    PDF / Word
  • Worksheet for Ecoregion 34
    PDF / Word
• Nekton Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word
• Quantitative Biological Scoring for Evaluating Aquatic Life Use Subcategories Based on Fish Statewide Criteria
  PDF / Word

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Habitat Assessment Forms and Worksheets

• Habitat Data Reporting Form
  PDF / Word
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part I—Stream Physical Characteristics Worksheet
  PDF / Word
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part II—Summary of Physical Charateristics of Water Body
  PDF / Word
• Habitat Assessment Worksheet, Part III—Habitat Quality Index
  PDF / Word

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Field Data Forms and Log Sheets

Guidance related to documents in this section is in RG-415.

• Hydrolab Multiprobe Calibration Log Book (2013)
• YSI Multiprobe Calibration Log Book (2013)
• Stream Flow (Discharge) Measurement Form

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Quality Assurance Plans and Forms

Monitoring and Assessment Section projects involving the generation, acquisition, and use of environmental data are planned through the development of QAPPs, CWQM project plans, QAPs or other planning documents. These documents are developed by project managers, quality assurance staff, technical staff, management, and contractors using a systematic planning process, such as the data quality objectives process, as defined in the Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process, EPA QA/G-4 , or comparable alternative.

• Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), revision 15 (April 2013, PDF)
The QAPP for the TCEQ's environmental monitoring and measurement activities under the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program, Water Quality Standards Program, and Water Quality Assessment Program.
• Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) Shell (April 2013)
  PDF / DOC

   

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For More Information

Please call Christine Kolbe at 512-239-6682. Or send an e-mail to swqm@tceq.texas.gov.

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