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Importance of Quality Assurance
Volunteer Monitoring SummitOctober 1, 2004
Todd W. Kratzer, P.E. NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Watershed Management
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Quality Assurance
What is Quality Assurance?
Why do we need a QA Plan?
Who should develop a QA Plan?
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Other Applications of QA Plans
Estimating Program Costs Revealing Safety Concerns Assisting Future or Concurrent Programs
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Programs Without a QA Plan:Problems, what problems?
• Is this the right sampling location?
• What do we monitor for at this site?
• I thought YOU brought the sampling equipment...
• It’s raining!
• That’s called a what? How do you use it?
• Were’s the clipboard? What goes on the data sheet? Where is everyone today?
• We got half of the sites sampled today and I’m on vacation for the next month…
• It’s still raining!