Guidance & Technical Documents  - Quality Assurance

The laboratory provides guidance and technical Documents for field sampling activities, laboratory operations, and data quality assurance.

These copies are uncontrolled. Controlled copies of these documents can be obtained by contacting the QA section at 503 693-5700

Guidance and Technical Documents

• Laboratory Quality Manual
  Documentation of the DEQ Laboratory's management policies, objectives, principles, organizational structure and authority, responsibilities, accountability, and implementation to ensure the quality of products and services generated.
   
• Oregon's Water Quality Monitoring Strategy
  This document, completed in 2005, provides a complete description of DEQ’s water monitoring activities throughout the state. Its purpose is to describe DEQ’s monitoring objectives and sampling design, as well as explain the parameters sampled for different monitoring programs. Finally, it provides a summary of current funding and monitoring priorities for the agency. The document is intended to function as a strategic planning document to guide future monitoring work by DEQ.
   
• Data Quality Matrix 
  Brief description of the data quality grading system used by the DEQ laboratory, specifically applied to a number of water quality indicators.
  Revision 4.0, March 2009
   
• Field Sampling Reference Guide
  Guidance for individuals planning field sampling activities.
  Revision 7.0, 2010.
   
• Quality Assurance Guidelines - NPDES & WPCF Self-Monitoring Laboratories
  Quality assurance guidelines for facilities and/or laboratories analyzing compliance monitoring samples under NPDES or WPCF regulations. Updated to reflect USEPA's 2012 Method Update Rule. Revision 2.3, April 2013
   
• Watersheds Assessment Field Sampling SOP's
  Watershed Assessment Mode of Operations Manual MOMs
   
• Resources for groups conducting water quality monitoring Volunteer Monitoring Resources
   

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