Quality Assurance & Quality Control [QA/QC] Program

Science activity #50169, updated 14 June 2024

Quality Assurance & Quality Control [QA/QC] Program

Description / purpose

The QA/QC Program implements our QA/QC Policy through Water Resources Engineering Memo (WREM) 60 (PDF). WREM 60 establishes our policies and procedures to assure that quality assurance is used in our chemical and physical measurements, data collection, and data measurement and management activities. Our QA/QC Program ensures that all water-related data is collected in a way that is scientifically sound, legally defensible, comparable and compatible with State and federal agencies, and is properly documented. All of our divisions, districts, contractors, and agency cooperators performing measurement activities are subject to the provisions of WREM 60. QA/QC protocols include: Standard operating procedures Quality assurance templates Quality control standards Quality assurance assessments Department-wide quality assurance guidance documents

Linked science activities

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Collaborators

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Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (0)
2 In progress / Ongoing (0 - 0)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

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Products and outputs

Title	Description	Views
Bryte Chemical Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual (2012)	Manual which outlines the QA/QC procedures taken b	3
DWR Water Data Library	California DWR's WDL houses all of DWR's data, all	1
DWR's Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment	DWR engages in Water Quality Monitoring and Assess	1
Water Resource Engineering Memorandum No. 60 (WREM60)	DWR memo from 1992, which describes the department	5
Quality Assurance & Quality Control for DWR Data	Overview poster of the QA/QC program	1
Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors	Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous	0

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

Water quality

Science themes

Environmental conditions

Types

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Science functions

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Management actions

Wastewater management , Pollution control

Science Topics

Salinity , Water temperature , Dissolved oxygen , pH , Turbidity , Hg and methyl mercury , Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB , Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH , Flame retardants , Endocrine disruptors , Lead , Cadmium , Copper , Zinc , Arsenic , Selenium , Constituent of emerging concern CEC , Insecticides , Rodenticides , Herbicides , Fungicides , Microplastics , Nitrogen / ammonia , Other discharge contaminants , Fecal coliform / E. coli

Lead implementing organization

California Department of Water Resource [DWR]

Partner implementing organizations

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Funding organizations

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Funding programs

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Funding sources

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