Indiana Water Quality Monitoring Inventory

 

The goal of this process is to promote coordination and collaboration in water quality monitoring in Indiana through the compilation and dissemination of information. The two activities will be:

1)      A statewide survey of organizations, individuals, universities, and agencies that are conducting water quality monitoring. (Summer 2006)

2)      A statewide monitoring conference, which will be a forum for reporting the results and featuring important and innovative monitoring efforts. (Fall 2006)

The outcome of these activities will be a comprehensive report of water quality monitoring in Indiana that will be widely available to the water quality community.

Project Leadership

·        Dr. Jane Frankenberger, Purdue Extension Water Quality Coordinator, Dept of Ag and Biol Engineering

·        Dr. Ron Turco, Department of Agronomy and Director of the Indiana Water Resources Research Center.

·        A Steering Committee representing federal, state, and local agencies, public drinking water supply systems, universities, and volunteer monitors. The members are:

Name

Organization or Agency

Representation

Greg Bright

Commonwealth Biomonitoring

Consultants

Tom Davenport

U.S. EPA

Federal

Jeff Frey

U.S. Geological Survey

Federal

Sharon Adams

Boone County Health Department

Health Departments

TBD

Industry representative

Industry

Richard Huyck

Muncie Sanitary District

Municipal

John Chavez

Indianapolis Dept of Public Works

Municipal

TBD

Veolia Water Indianapolis

Public drinking water

Reggie Korthals

NW Indiana Regional Planning Commission

Regional planning

Jody Arthur

IDEM Watershed Branch

State agency

Art Garceau

IDEM Assessment Branch

State agency

Jim Sullivan

IDEM Drinking Water Branch

State agency

Leighanne Hahn

Office of the Indiana State Chemist

State agency

Tammy Lawson

Indiana State Department of Agriculture

State agency

Jim Ray

Lake and River Enhancement, IDNR

State agency

John Steinmetz

Indiana Geological Survey

State agency

DeeDee Sigler

SWCD representative

SWCD

Lenore Tedesco

Center for Earth & Env. Science, IUPUI

University

Dennis Wichelns

Hanover College – Rivers Institute

University

Bill Jones

Indiana University SPEA

University, Lake assoc

Lyn Crighton

Hoosier Riverwatch (IDNR)

Volunteer monitoring

John Ulmer

Volunteer Monitor; Eagle Cr.Watershed.Alliance

Volunteer, Watershed

 

 
Notes from Steering Committee Meeting, March 22, 2006
 

Water Monitoring Inventories from other states

The draft document “Water Monitoring Inventories from Other States” describes monitoring inventories that have similar goals to our Indiana process. Links to key parts of their strategies are included.

 

In addition to reading/printing this document, click on the links below to view and listen to short overviews of inventories and processes for creating them in other states. Each one is less than 5 minutes long. When each video is through, click on the Back button to return to this page. (We recommend you view them in this order, simply because that is the order they were made in)

 

Note: These are Flash Videos, which should be viewable in any Web browser. They include sound.

 

 
1. Maryland (4 minutes)
 
2. Virginia (5 minutes)
 
3. Colorado (2:23)
 
4. Iowa (3 minutes)
 
5. California Coastal Monitoring (4:20)
 
6. Rhode Island (2:30)
 
7. Great Lakes (5 minutes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For more information contact 
·               Jane Frankenberger (frankenb@purdue.edu, 765-494-1194) or 
·               Ron Turco (rturco@purdue.edu, 765-494-8077)