Useable data is the lifeblood of any water monitoring program and variation in measurement processes impairs the quality of the data that water resource professionals work so hard to obtain.
The primary activities taken to assure and control data quality are aptly called quality assurance and quality control. Quality assurance (QA) refers to planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in a measurement process’ ability to achieve its intended outcome. Quality control (QC) activities, such as testing and inspection, aim to find defects in specific elements of the measurement process.
Topics covered: - Introduction to QA/QC
- QA/QC program fundamentals
- Field methods for QA/QC
- Lab methods for QA/QC
- Real life examples
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