Case Study
State Promulgates TMDL’s Based On Sporadic Grab Sampling
The ability to accurately assess water quality in a watershed is largely dependent on the monitoring programs cities and state agencies implement. While grab sampling can provide a picture of the health of a watershed, it inherently leaves large gaps in the data that can lead to unreliable conclusions. If grab sampling is like taking a picture, then continuous monitoring is recording an uninterrupted video. Instead of recording the informat