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Water Quality Probes: Installation, Operation, Calibration, and Maintenance

Course code:	USGS-HIF-QW1638
Course title:	Water Quality Probes: Installation, Operation, Calibration, and Maintenance
Description:	This Course is intended for technicians who work directly with water quality (QW) instruments. The theory and background of most QW parameters will be discussed briefly, with most of the time devoted to hands-on practice. It will concentrate on the “big five” water quality parameters: Water Temperature; Conductivity/Specific Conductance; pH; Dissolved Oxygen; and Turbidity. Experienced instructors will cover the cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of QW probes in both a laboratory setting and at a real field site. The most commonly used instruments will be used. Students will interface QW probes to various data collection platforms (DCPs) and will demonstrate the ability to record and retrieve data from these systems. Instructors will show examples of useful field equipment and toolkits that have been assembled by very experienced field technicians. Students will deploy QW probes at an on-site river monitoring station and will perform the setup, field servicing, and data retrieval functions under the supervision of instructors. Other topics covered will include: Site selection for QW probe installations; various deployment/installation techniques for QW probes; CHIMP software usage for handling of field data and quality control; post-processing of QW data; and new trends in QW instrumentation. Objectives: To instill into students the knowledge, techniques, and tools necessary to properly install and maintain water quality instruments in the field and to obtain good, well-documented QW data. Target Audience: All hydrologic technicians who are currently involved, or will soon be involved, with collection of water quality field data and/or the operation, maintenance, and calibration of the probes used to collect water quality data.
Delivery method:	ILT
Instructional hours:	32
Credits/CEUs:	0
Vendor:	USGS - HIF

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