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Clean Water Team Citizen
| MISSION OF THE CLEAN WATER TEAM
To
build and support the State's Watersheds' Stewardship
through involvement in citizen monitoring in order
to reduce and prevent water pollution.
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More about the Clean Water Team
The Clean Water Team (CWT) is the citizen monitoring
effort of the State Water Resources Control Board.
The CWT Coordinators are members of the Assessment and
TMDL Support Unit, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Section.
CWT Citizen Monitoring staff work with citizen groups and provide technical assistance,
training, data management consultation, outreach and
education to citizen monitoring organizations. The photo
documentation procedures and the model Quality Assurance
Project Plan (QAPP) were developed through the CWT as
guidance for citizen monitoring projects.
Citizen monitoring is defined as any monitoring activity
that relies in whole or in part on participation by
volunteers, students or non-paid staff. A variety of
organizations may be involved in citizen monitoring
projects, including but not limited to non-profit groups,
Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), Coordinated
Resource Management and Planning (CRMP) groups, local
government agencies, and schools. Successful Prop. 13,
319(h), or 205(j) contractors are required to work with
the CWT to ensure consistency and data quality whenever
citizen monitoring is involved. In order to avoid confusion
or conflicting goals CWT coordinators should be consulted,
from the beginning of the grant process, including the
preparation of proposals.
For assistance with project design, training, quality
assurance plans, and data management, feel free to contact
the CWT Regional Coordinator:
Erick Burres
Regional Citizen Monitoring Coordinator
(213) 576-6788
eburres@waterboards.ca.gov
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