Laboratory Method and Data Analysis (METH and DATA)
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Method Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

  • METH001.00, Soil Water Content Determination. C. Garretson, 1999.
  • METH002.00, General Use of a Microtiter Plate ELISA Kit for the Determination of Diazinon in Water. J. Sullivan, 2007.
  • METH003.00, General Use of a Magnetic Particle-Based ELISA Kit for the Determination of Chlorpyrifos in Water. J. Sullivan, 2007.
  • METH004.01, Procedure for Determining Soil Particle Size Using the Hydrometer Method. Sartori, F. and D. Stills. 2013. Calculations Template, Excel
  • METH005.00, Instructions for Calibration and Use of Total Organic Carbon (CD-85A) Instrument. A. Gunasekara, 2006.
  • METH006.00, Calculating Pesticide Concentration in Dry and Wet Soil. R. Segawa, 2008.
  • METH007.00, Bromide Analysis in Soil by Ion Selective Electrode. L. Pinera-Pasquino, 2008.
  • METH008.00, Grinding Procedure for Sediment or Soil Samples, PDF. S. Lyon, 2009.
  • METH009.02, Calculation of Pesticide Half-life from a Terrestrial Field Dissipation Study, PDF. R. Bergin, 2021.
  • METH010.01, Analysis of Whole Sample Suspended Sediments in Water, PDF. M. Ensminger, 2016.
  • METH011.00, Water TOC Analysis Using the Shimadzu TOC-VCSN and ASI-V Autosampler, PDF . M. Ensminger, 2013.
  • METH012.00, Procedure for Determining Soil Particle Density Using Gay-Lussac Specific-Gravity Bottles. A. Tuli, 2015.
  • METH013.00, Sediment TOC analysis using Shimadzu TOC-Vcsn and SSM-5000A, PDF. Korena L. Goodell. 2016.
  • METH014.00, Ambient Urban Monitoring Methodology for Surface Water Protection, PDF. M. Ensminger. 2017.
  • METH015.00, Measuring Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity with Constant Water Head Using an Eijkelkamp Laboratory-Permeameter. A. Tuli, 2018.
  • METH016.00, Determination of Soil Water Characteristic Curve Using 5 Bar Ceramic Pressure Plate Extractor, PDF. Tuli, Atac, 2018.
  • METH017.00, Determination of Soil Water Characteristic Curve Using 15 Bar Ceramic Pressure Plate Extractor, PDF. Tuli, Atac, 2019.
  • DATA001.00, Process for Reporting Ambient Monitoring Data and for Uploading Data into the Surface Water Database. Mike Ensminger. March 19, 2015.
    • Ambient Monitoring Report Template, Word
    • Surface Water Template, Access
    • Data Reporting Template, Excel
    • Flow Calculation, Excel
    • Supporting Information, PDF
    • Template to Upload Excel data to Access, Excel
    • Instructions for Preparing DPR Monitoring Data for Upload into SURF, Excel