FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Roger Bruner at Roger.Bruner@dnr.iowa.gov or (515) 310-0247.
DES
MOINES – A new five-year strategy aiming to improve the Iowa DNR’s Ambient Water Monitoring Program is now available on the web.
The DNR’s Ambient Water
Monitoring Program provides consistent, unbiased information about the
condition of Iowa’s groundwater aquifers and surface waters, such as rivers,
streams and lakes. This information supports decisions affecting the
development, management and protection of Iowa’s waters.
The monitoring program worked with
a variety of stakeholders and other DNR programs to develop a five-year
strategy for Iowa’s ambient water monitoring efforts. The strategy identifies
opportunities to improve the program’s effectiveness in several categories:
monitoring objectives, sampling design, data management, products and services,
and program evaluation and coordination.
“Iowa DNR managers and technical
staff will use the new strategy to guide decisions affecting the ambient
monitoring program over the next five years,” says the DNR’s Roger Bruner. “The
strategy should also serve as a robust informational resource for stakeholders,
policy makers, legislators and the public."
The strategy is available at www.iowadnr.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water-Quality/Water-Monitoring.
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