Surface Water Quality Monitoring Annual Workshop
The SWQM Workshop is held annually in the fall and brings together surface water monitoring professionals who provide water quality data to TCEQ. Participants receive training on current sampling procedures, share advances in research and technology, and discuss methods for producing data of known quality and comparability.
Besides getting hands-on training in surface water and biological monitoring protocols, participants can:
- learn about TCEQ quality assurance measures and program updates
- interact with other water-quality professionals
- share information about research, new technologies, and future directions
34th Annual SWQM Workshop—October 28-30, 2020
First Ever Virtual Meeting
All presentations and handouts provided during the 2020 workshop are linked below in PDF 
, in the order they appear on the workshop agenda.
| October 29th Presentations |
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| Day in the Life of a SWQMite —S. Griffith and D. Robinson, TCEQ Region 10, Beaumont |
| How Clone Can You Go? Clonal Diversity and Seedbank Density in the Seagrass Halodule wrightii —Dr. P. Larkin, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) |
| Nonpoint Source Project Viewer —T. Cawthon, TCEQ NPS Program |
| Status of the Tidal IBI Project —Dr. J. Pollack, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) |
| Biological Monitoring (LDS, ALM, Seagrass) —S. Whitley, SWQM CO, TCEQ |
| iNaturalist Demonstration —R. Deans, SWQM CO, TCEQ |
| SWQMIS Introductory Training: External SWQMIS Users & CRP Staff Test Loading your Dataset to SWQMIS —S. Kirkland, Data Management & Analysis, TCEQ |
| October 30th Presentations |
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| Day in the Life of a CRP Partner —L. Grijalva, International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) |
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Data Management Updates and Announcements |
| Introduction to Freshwater Mussels and Taxonomy Updates —G. Pandolfi and M. Johnson, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) |
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Water Quality Sampling 101
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Agendas from Previous SWQM Workshops
To request PDF copies of presentations from previous SWQM workshops, please e-mail swqm@tceq.texas.gov.
- 33rd Annual Workshop — October 21-23, 2019, Bandera, Texas
- 32nd Annual Workshop — November 12-14, 2018, Hunt, Texas
- 31st Annual Workshop — November 6-8, 2017, Bandera, Texas
- 30th Annual Workshop — November 1-3, 2016, Bandera, Texas
- 29th Annual Workshop — October 13-15, 2015, Navasota, Texas
- 28th Annual Workshop — October 27-29, 2014, Bandera, Texas
- 27th Annual Workshop — October 29-31, 2013, Austin, Texas
- 26th Annual Workshop — December 4-6, 2012, Corpus Christi, Texas
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