The city of Wichita, Kansas uses the Equus Beds aquifer, one of two sources, for municipal water supply. To meet future water needs, plans for artificial recharge of the aquifer have been implemented in several phases. Phase I of the Equus Beds Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Program began with injection of water from the Little Arkansas River into the aquifer for storage and subsequent recovery in 2006. Construction of a river intake structure and surface-water treatment plant began as implementation of Phase II of the Equus Beds ASR Program in 2010. An important aspect of the ASR Program is the monitoring of water quality and the effects of recharge activities on stream conditions. Physical, chemical, and biological data provide the basis for an integrated assessment of stream quality. This report describes protocols for collecting streamflow, water-quality, streambed-sediment, periphyton, macroinvertebrate, fish, and habitat data as part of the city of Wichita's hydrobiological monitoring program (HBMP). Following consistent and reliable methods for data collection and processing is imperative for the long-term success of the monitoring program.
The U.S. Navy is undergoing a transformation from a platform-centric force to a network-centric force. The methodologies for the production and distribution of meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) information to the fleet will also be transformed. Traditionally, this information was generated at a central site and pushed to the consumer via intermediate providers who tailored products to the needs of the mission. In the new paradigm, users access Web services that will enable them to request products tailored to their specific mission requirements from centrally located production centers. This new concept of operations allows the production centers to be more responsive to consumer requirements.The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) and the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), the two production centers for Naval METOC, have a major initiative underway to implement a network-centric approach to METOC support of the U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense customers. This paper begins with a brief overview of the concept of network-centric operations and an outline of the scope of the present initiative. The paper then describes the various parts of the initiative, including a framework for providing Web services, a standard for describing the METOC data, a suite of present and future Web capabilities, and other associated aspects. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of this initiative.
As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping information agency, the U.S. Geological Survey is relied on to collect high-quality data, and produce factual and impartial interpretive reports. This quality-assurance and data-management plan provides guidance for water-quality activities conducted by the Kansas Water Science Center. Policies and procedures are documented for activities related to planning, collecting, storing, documenting, tracking, verifying, approving, archiving, and disseminating water-quality data. The policies and procedures described in this plan complement quality-assurance plans for continuous water-quality monitoring, surface-water, and groundwater activities in Kansas. U.S. Geological Survey, 2008). NWIS consists of the following four subsystems: the Automated Data Processing System (ADAPS), the Water-Quality Data System (QWDATA), the Groundwater Site Inventory System (GWSI), and the Water-Use Data System (WUDS). Laboratory Medium Analytes Web site
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