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The Water Quality Networks and Assessments Teams at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center conduct studies that provide critical information to help managers make informed decisions, formulate watershed management plans, and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented plans.
These teams utilize multiple scales of monitoring, study designs, and analysis to investigate both urban and rural nonpoint runoff issues. Studies are conducted at local and national scales with a focus on responsive data evaluations to allow managers to make adaptive management decisions.
Key capabilities of the Water Quality Networks and Assessments Teams include:
- Nonpoint evaluation: We provide expertise in study design, instrumentation, data collection, modeling, and data analyses for both rural and urban nonpoint-source research projects.
- Instrumentation: We are leaders in monitoring water quality in rural and urban watersheds, using advanced applications of instrumentation and technology to support study design, data collection, and data analysis.
- Targeted monitoring: Edge-of-field and urban stormwater monitoring can occur at a local scale to provide information about the amounts and timing of runoff and water quality constituents (nutrients to contaminants) moving from the landscape into adjacent streams.
- Information gathered from these studies also allows for a rapid assessment of implemented conservation practices and characterization to the larger watershed.
The Water Quality Networks and Assessments Teams at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center conduct studies that provide critical information to help managers make informed decisions, formulate watershed management plans, and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented plans.
These teams utilize multiple scales of monitoring, study designs, and analysis to investigate both urban and rural nonpoint runoff issues. Studies are conducted at local and national scales with a focus on responsive data evaluations to allow managers to make adaptive management decisions.
Key capabilities of the Water Quality Networks and Assessments Teams include:
- Nonpoint evaluation: We provide expertise in study design, instrumentation, data collection, modeling, and data analyses for both rural and urban nonpoint-source research projects.
- Instrumentation: We are leaders in monitoring water quality in rural and urban watersheds, using advanced applications of instrumentation and technology to support study design, data collection, and data analysis.
- Targeted monitoring: Edge-of-field and urban stormwater monitoring can occur at a local scale to provide information about the amounts and timing of runoff and water quality constituents (nutrients to contaminants) moving from the landscape into adjacent streams.
- Information gathered from these studies also allows for a rapid assessment of implemented conservation practices and characterization to the larger watershed.