Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative: Water Quality Monitoring Program

Abstract

The Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative supports the development and continuation of a comprehensive water quality monitoring effort to provide for essential data needs of the Initiative, its partner organizations and other organizations supporting the Initiative. The monitoring will be done by trained individuals following accepted practices for sampling and sample handling, quality assurance, data management and data presentation. The monitoring results must be delivered, in easily useable format, to the people and organizations involved in making the decisions that affect the long term water resource health in the watershed.