The Central Valley Monitoring Directory provides access to program and metadata information of current water quality monitoring efforts in the Central Valley watershed. The directory has been developed as a tool to help improve the coordination and integration of existing monitoring efforts. A database access tool allows searches of monitoring information with a modular search form and an interactive map viewer. Links to actual water quality data have been provided when available.

Features include:

• Monitoring program information (objectives, duration, funding) and metadata (sampling sites, frequency, parameters, data availability)
• A search form for customized searches
• An interactive map for GIS based searching and viewing of monitoring locations and program information
• Password-protected domains as a convenient tool for program managers to enter and update monitoring information through this site

Monitoring Directory		Interactive Maps
Browse and search the monitoring directory by using keyword fields or drop-down lists to retrieve monitoring program information and metadata via program or agency name, keywords, parameters, or sampling locations. Users are able to retrieve contact, duration and funding information; and metadata information on sampling, parameters, and data access. There a many choices to customize searches and the desired amount and level of program information to be displayed, allowing for both quick and detailed queries		The interactive map viewer will allow GIS-based searching and viewing of monitoring locations and metadata. By opening the map viewer, users will gain access to a navigable map showing monitoring locations in the Central Valley watershed reported to the Monitoring Directory. Monitoring locations can be selectively displayed by program, geographic area, or parameter sampled. The viewer can also be used to retrieve program and metadata information by sampling location.

The CENTRAL VALLEY MONITORING DIRECTORY is maintained and was developed by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), with funding and participation from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

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