Publications—Open-File Report 98–394
By GREGORY E. GRANATO, U.S. Geological Survey; FRED G. BANK, and PATRICIA A. CAZENAS, Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98–394
Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. A Contribution to the National Highway Runoff Data and Methodology Synthesis.
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The Federal Highway Administration and
State transportation agencies have the responsibility
of determining and minimizing the effects of
highway runoff on water quality; therefore, they
have been conducting an extensive program of
water–quality monitoring and research during the
last 25 years. The objectives and monitoring goals
of highway runoff studies have been diverse,
because the highway community must address
many different questions about the characteristics
and impacts of highway runoff. The Federal
Highway Administration must establish that available
data and procedures that are used to assess
and predict pollutant loadings and impacts from
highway stormwater runoff are valid, current, and
technically supportable.
This report examines criteria for evaluating
water–quality data and resultant interpretations.
The criteria used to determine if data are valid
(useful for intended purposes), current, and technically
supportable are derived from published materials
from the Federal Highway Administration,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring
Water Quality, the U.S. Geological Survey and
from technical experts throughout the
U.S. Geological Survey.
Water–quality data that are documented to
be meaningful, representative, complete, precise,
accurate, comparable, and admissible as legal evidence
will meet the scientific, engineering, and
regulatory needs of highway agencies. Documentation
of basic information, such as compatible
monitoring objectives and program design features;
metadata (when, where, and how data were
collected as well as who collected and analyzed
the data); ancillary information (explanatory variables
and study-site characteristics); and legal
requirements are needed to evaluate data. Documentation
of sufficient quality–assurance and quality–control information to
establish the quality and uncertainty in the data and interpretations also are
needed to determine the comparability and utility
of data sets for intended uses. The fact that a program's
data may not meet screening criteria for a
national synthesis does not mean that the data are
not useful for meeting that program's objectives or
that they could not be used for water–quality studies
with different objectives.
Abstract
Introduction
Problem
Purpose and Scope
Data Quality Objectives
Basic Information Requirements
Monitoring Objectives and Program Design
Metadata Standards
Ancillary Information
Legal Requirements
Acceptable Uncertainty
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Summary
References
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Suggested Citation:
Granato, G.E., Bank, F.G., and Cazenas, P.A., 1998, Data Quality Objectives
and Criteria for Basic Information, Acceptable Uncertainty, and Quality–Assurance
and Quality–Control Documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 98–394.
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