Virtual Library

MassWWP Chloride Fact Sheet

MassWWP High pH Fact Sheet

MassWWP Nitrogen Fact Sheet

MassWWP Phosphorus Fact Sheet

Riparian Forest Buffers: Function and design for protection and enhancement of water resources (1991)
USDA NA-PR-07-91. Northeast Area Forest Resources Management, Radnor, PA

MassWWP: A Typical Monitoring Calendar Year

Volunteer Monitor Newsletter:

• Vol 5 No 2 Fall 93 Staying Afloat Financially
• Vol 8 No 1 Spr 96 Managing a Volunteer Monitoring Program

Water Quality Monitoring: A Guide for Concerned Citizens (1992) by B.L. Dexter and R.B. Harris
This 106 page manual contains guidelines on how to organize a successful water quality monitoring program for fresh and salt water environments.
To order, send $10 per copy, $3 for shipping and handling for the first item, $0.50 for each additional item, and 6% sales tax for CT residents to: Long Island Task Force, 185 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 (203)327-9786

Massachusetts Volunteer Coastal Monitoring General Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (2006)

Generic QAPP Workshop Handouts

Bathymetric Mapping Techniques, by Univ of Rhode Island Coop Extension Ask for a copy. Some lake bathymetric maps have been developed by the state. Check the Pond Maps Online site.

Characteristics of a Successful Volunteer Water Quality Program. Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Network, 181 Canal Street, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 1377 Lawrence, MA 01842 Phone: 978-681-5777

Clean Rivers Begin at Home: A guide to understanding nonpoint pollution
by Riverways 617-626-1540

The Lake Book - Actions you can take to protect your lake, Massachusetts Edition
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Office of Water Resources, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 600, Boston MA 02114-2104 Tel: 617-626-1250

List of Certified Mass. Laboratories

Massachusetts Section 303(d) List of Waters: List of impaired water bodies

Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards Regulations

Massachusetts Volunteer Coastal Monitoring General Quality Assurance Project Plan, 2006

Massachusetts Volunteer Monitor's Guidebook to Quality Assurance Project Plans(2001)

Total Maximum Daily Load This DEP page gives background information on TMDLs and links to specific TMDL publications for various basins.

Outlining Watershed Boundaries, by Univ of Rhode Island Coop Extension Ask for a copy

Program Organizing Guide Sharon Behar and Geoff Dates, River Network

River Monitoring Study Design Workbook Geoff Dates, River Network

VEMN Merrimack River Watershed Study Design Workbook

VEMN Training Manual of Core Monitoring Parameters and Methods

VEMN Guide to Volunteer Watershed Monitoring Options in the Merrimack River Watershed:

Water Quality Assessment Reports The 305(b) reports. That page lists many other Watershed Management publications

Adopt-A-Stream Workbook (Riverways)

Adopt-A-Stream Shoreline Survey (Riverways)

Aquatic and Wetland plants of northeastern North America (2000)
by Garrett Crow and C. Barre Hellquist.

Aquatic Entomology (1981)
a 450-page illustrated layperson's guide to aquatic macroinvertebrates (insects and non-insect) and stream ecology by W. Patrick McAfferty. Source: Anglers Art, P.O Box 148, Plainfield, PA 17081, or call (800)848-1020 ($50). Copies available on loan from MassWWP.

Cape Cod and Islands Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Procedures
by Curt Hayashi, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2000.
PO Box 3092, 149 Waquoit Highway Waquoit, MA 02536 508-457-0495 wbnerr@capecod.net

A Citizen's Guide to Lake Watershed Surveys. How to conduct a nonpoint source phosphorus survey (1992)
by Maine Dept of Environment Protection and Congress of Lake Associations
State House Station 17 Augusta, ME 04333

DRAFT Watershed Survey Manual for Lakes and Rivers (MassWWP, 2000)

Estuaries Field Sheet

Environmental Stewardship in the Gulf of Maine: A Coordinator's Manual for Volunteer Monitoring (2002)
Published by University of Maine Cooperative Extension/Maine Coastal Program of the State Planning Office this 90 page manual is designed to be used by environmental monitoring groups to develop and evaluate their own organizational structure. While this is not a methods manual, it does provide environmental monitoring guidance and support with respect to the human element of working with groups. While coastal water quality monitoring has been used as the primary example in this document, the organizational and planning information is relevant to any community-based environmental monitoring initiative or group conservation work. This manual contains a self-evaluation that will help you assess the status of your program. Topics included in the manual are: program planning, study design, fundraising, outreach/education, sustaining volunteers and more. For communities contemplating starting a new program, most if not all sections will be relevant. For the seasoned monitoring group this manual can help you revisit your program's goals and objectives; reinvigorate your monitors; or refocus your efforts. The manual is available for $20.00 from Cooperative Extension. To purchase this manual contact: Knox-Lincoln Counties UMCE 1-800-244-2104 (in Maine)/ (207)-832-0343 or esp@umext.maine.edu

Flow Measurement
A manual on flow measurement methods and calculations. Available from MA CZM. E-mail Christian.Krahforst@state.ma.us

A Guide to Aquatic Plants in Massachusetts
Wanda Kelly, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf Boston MA 02110. Order copies (about $3.50 a piece) from 617-973-0249.

A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America by J. Reese Voshell Jr., 2002

An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (1996)
An 862-page manual by R.W. Merritt and K.W. Cummins which is suited for professionals. Contains detailed technical information about aquatic insect ecology and taxonomy. Does not contain information about non-insect aquatic macroinvertebrates. Source: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 4050 Westmark Dr., Dubuque, IA 52002 or call (800)228-0810 (~ $60).

Key to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Fauna of New England, River Network
Simple Picture Key: Major Groups of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Commonly Found in Freshwater New England Streams, River Network

Lakewalk Manual: A guidebook for citizen participation (1996)
by USEPA Region 10
Pub #: EPA 910/B-95-007
1200 Sixth Avenue Seattle WA 98101

Living Waters: Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Habitat to Assess Your River's Health Geoff Dates, River Network

Lake Volunteer Water Quality Manual (MassWWP, 2003) Note: if you are using a telephone modem, download could take as long as 3 minutes.

MassWWP Manual for Volunteer Water Quality Monitors (Rivers) revised 1999

Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York (1995)
Identification keys to common nearshore and shallow water macrofauna
DEP Publications 79 Elm St., Store Level, Hartford CT 06106-5127 (860)424-3555
($39.95 or $18 for schools, libraries, nature centers)

New England Freshwater Wetlands Invertebrate Biomonitoring Protocol (1997)
A 42-page manual providing a standardized, cost-effective method for assessing the impact of urbanization on permanently flooded freshwater wetlands.
Anna Hicks, University of Massachusetts Amherst. To get a copy, send $3.00 to Bulletin Distribution Center, Draper Hall, UMass, Amherst MA 01003.

Procedure for Monitoring an Aquatic Plant Problem
Richard McVoy, Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection

Testing the Waters. Chemical and Physical Vital Signs of a River, Sharon Behar, River Network

Tidal Crossing Handbook. A Volunteer Guide to Assessing Tidal Restrictions 1997
T.A. Purington and D.C. Mountain, Parker River Clean Water Association PO Box 823 Byfield, MA 01922 h
The handbook is posted on the website (go to bookstore, publications, then handbooks and guides)

A volunteer's handbook for salt marsh monitoring in New England (2002)

Volunteer Monitor Newsletter: Vol 9 No 1 Spr 97 Methods and Techniques

Volunteer Wetland Monitoring: An Introduction and Resource Guide (2001)
EPA publication 843-B-00-01. Phone Wetlands Helpline for hard copy 1-800-832-7828.

Data Interpretation Manual (MassWWP, 2002)

Excel Spreadsheets for Data Analysis: Two utilities to organize and graph chemical and macroinvertebrate data. The macroinvertebrate utility also includes automatic calculation of statistical summaries of a data set. Each utility is accompanied by a guidance document that will step you through the process of entering data and creating different styles of graphs.

Interpreting Lake Water Quality Data: A Citizen's Guide To print your own PDF copy, go to this site. To order a paper copy, contact the Univ Wisconsin Coop Extension (ask for G3582 $5.00 incl. shipping)

MassWWP Data Management Manual (1999)

A primer on Limnology
by Minnesota Water Resources Research Center (request primer from MN WRRC via email. They charge $3) University of Minnesota Water Resources Center. University of Minnesota Extension Service. Water Quality Program. 173 McNeal Hall. 1985 Buford Avenue. St Paul MN 55108 (612) 625-2282

Ready, Set, Present! A data presentation manual for volunteer water quality monitoring groups (MassWWP, 1999)

Turning Monitoring Data into Useful Information (MassWWP) or:

Volunteer Monitor Newsletter: Vol 7 No 1 Spr 95 Managing and Presenting your Data

Water Quality Monitoring: Data to Action (1994)
by L. Laughlin and H. Rosselli
Topics include: ways to present program findings to different audiences; how to give oral presentations; how to write a scientifically acceptable report; an example report on two Long Island Sound Harbors
To order, send $10 per copy, $3 for shipping and handling for the first item, $0.50 for each additional item, and 6% sales tax for CT residents to: Long Island Task Force, 185 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 (203)327-9786

The Lake Book - Actions you can take to protect your lake Massachusetts Edition
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Office of Water Resources, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 600, Boston MA 02114-2104 Tel: 617 626-1250

Life on the Edge... Owning Waterfront Property (1994)
by M.D. Dresen and R. M. Korth, University of Wisconsin-Extension ($2 +S/H)
Dorothy Snyder, UWEX-Lake Management, CNR-UWSP, Stevens Point WI 54481

Protecting Water Quality in Urban Areas (1994?)
a publication of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Water Quality Division. This handbook is designed to help people become more aware of nonpoint source pollution problems, and to provide detailed information about management practices which help prevent and control it. To order, send a $35 check to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Water Quality Division, 520 Lafayette Road North, Saint Paul, MN 55155-4194

The Watershed Guide to Cleaner Rivers, Lakes and Streams.
Actions you can take to control nonpoint source pollution by Connecticut River Joint Commissions, $2.00 Order a copy

FINAL GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT - Eutrophication and Aquatic Plant Management in Massachusetts, 2004
Guidance to lake and pond managers, conservation commissions and citizens concerned with lake management issues. Describes technical approaches and management options for control of aquatic vegetation.