Science & Technology

National Wetland Condition Assessment 2011 Site Evaluation Guidelines

National Wetland Condition Assessment 2010 Site Evaluation Guidelines

National Wetland Condition Assessment 2011 Field Operations Manual

National Coastal Condition Report III Factsheet

The National Coastal Condition Report III (NCCR III) is the third in a series of environmental assessments of U.S. coastal waters and the Great Lakes. The report includes assessments of the nation’s estuaries in the contiguous 48 states and Puerto Rico.

National Coastal Condition Report IV Factsheet

Overall condition of the Nation’s coastal waters is fair. This rating is based on five indices of ecological
condition: water quality index, sediment quality index, benthic index, coastal habitat index, and fish tissue contaminants index.

National Coastal Condition Report I Factsheet

The National Coastal Condition Report describes the ecological and environmental conditions in U.S. coastal waters. This first-of-its-kind Report, presents a broad baseline picture of the overall condition of U.S. coastal waters as fair to poor.

National Wetland Condition Assessment 2011 Quality Assurance Project Plan

National Coastal Condition Assessment 2015 Design

This is the design documentation for the National Coastal Condition Assessment in 2015.

National Lakes Assessment 2012 Design

This is the design document for the National Lakes Assessment in 2012.

National Rivers & Streams Assessment 2013/14 Quality Assurance Project Plan

The Quality Assurance Project Plan for the NRSA 2013/14

Watershed Academy Webcast: Draft National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2008-2009: A Collaborative Survey

Watershed Academy webcast on the results of the National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2008-2009 Report

Watershed Academy Webcast: National Lakes Assessment: Reporting on the Condition of the Nation's Lakes

Watershed Academy webcast on the results of the National Lakes Assessment 2007 Report

Within Year Temporal Variability in Water Chemistry - A White Paper

This page includes a pdf of a white paper by Herlihy and Sifneos, 2017 called Within-Year Temporal Variability in Water Chemistry in EPA's National Aquatic Resource Surveys (2000-2014)

Greener Cleanups

OLEM’s goal is to reduce the environmental footprint of cleanup activities at contaminated sites to the maximum extent possible. This website shares policies, tools and practices to achieve that goal across cleanup programs.

AMTIC - Ambient Air Monitoring Assessments

SLAMS and Related Ambient Air Monitoring Networks

Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Utility Contamination Threats and Incidents: Overview and Application

Overview of the Drinking Water Response Protocol Toolbox

Module 4: Analytical Guide for Drinking Water Utilities

How to develop an analysis plan for an unknown contaminant in drinking water samples.

Water Security Handbook: Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Threats and Incidents

Helps utilities understand how to plan fr contamination emergencies that may impact the drinking water supply.

Drinking Water Response Guidelines

This document provides forms that can be used in the field when responding to drinking water contamination events.

Containment and Disposal of Large Amounts of Contaminated Water

Learn how to handle a large volume of contaminated water

Risk Management for Trichloroethylene (TCE)

Risk Management for Trichloroethylene (TCE).