Centre County Pennsylvania Senior Environmental Corps

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Chemical Inventory Sheet (also in Excel format)

Chemicals Order Sheet for Hach Kits/Oakton Meters

Chemicals Order Sheet for Colorimeter

Landowner Monitoring Permission Form

Monitoring Equipment Checklist  NEW!!

RSVP Volunteer Handbook

RSVP/CCPaSEC Enrollment Application

RSVP/CCPaSEC Photo Release

Volunteer Hours Reporting (Form to be filled in and submitted.)

Training and Experience Tracker with Directions

Macroinvertebrate Survey - sides 1 - 2

Water Monitoring Site Physical and Chemical - sides 1 - 2  (Contains section for flowmeter flow data.) Revised 4/2019

Water Monitoring Site Physical and Chemical - sides 1 - 2  (Contains section for float flow data.)

Stream Habitat Assessment - Rocky Bottom - pages 1 - 3

For use with Flowatch Flowmeter:

FloWatch Stream Flow Recording Sheet To be printed out and filled in as measurements for stream site are taken.

FloWatch Stream Flow Online Calculator (in Google Documents) Enter stream site's width, depth, and velocity in cm/sec.  The Calculator will return Stream Flow in cubic meters/sec.

For use with Float Method:

Float Method Stream Flow Recording Sheet  To be printed out and filled in as measurements for stream site are taken.

Float Method Stream Flow Calculator (in Excel format)  Enter stream site's width, depth, length, and time measurements. The Calculator will return Stream Flow in cubic meters/sec.

CCPaSEC MiniManual (1.7 Mb) MiniManual field guide for use stream-side with smartphone (updated 10/2022).

CCPaSEC MiniManual (3.3 Mb) MiniManual field guide for use at home. Can be downloaded and printed (updated 10/2022).

YSI-550 DO Meter

YSI-550 DO Meter Calibration Instructions (430 kb) Instructions for Dissolved Oxygen Meter Calibration

YSI-550 DO Meter Manual (623kb) Full DO Meter Manual

Stream Flow Guide - NEWLY REVISED for 2021!  (1,658 kb) A "How to" guide on measuring flow with the FloWatch Flowmeter by Ken Johnson & Ralph Locklin.

For use with Flowatch Flowmeter:

Flowatch Stream Flow Recording Sheet (velocity in cm/sec) (81 kb) To be printed out and filled in as measurements for stream site are taken.

Flowatch Stream Flow Online Calculator  Enter stream site's width, depth, and velocity measurements in cm/sec. The Calculator will return Stream Flow in cubic meters/sec.

For use with Float Method:

Float Method Stream Flow Recording Sheet (10 kb) To be printed out and filled in as measurements for stream site are taken.

Float Method Stream Flow Calculator (32 kb) (in Excel format)  Enter stream site's width, depth, length, and time measurements. The Calculator will return Stream Flow in cubic meters/sec.

Hach H135 Professional miniLab ISFET pH Meter

H135 miniLab pH Meter Calibration Instructions © Hach (348 kb) Instructions for pH meter calibration

NEW & IMPROVED! H135 miniLab pH Meter Calibration Instructions (774 kb) Instructions for pH meter calibration (10/2016)

Oakton PCSTestr35 5-Function Meter

Oakton PCSTestr35 Meter Instructions © Oakton Instruments (145 kb) Instructions for pH, Conductivity, TDS, Salinity, Temperature Tests

NEW & IMPROVED! Oakton PCSTestr35 Meter pH Calibration Instructions (528 kb) Instructions calibrating meter for pH (11/2016)

Oakton PCSTestr35 Meter Conductivity Calibration Instructions © CCPaSEC & Ken Johnson (160 kb) Instructions calibrating meter for Conductivity

Colorimeter DR850

Colorimeter DR850 Instructions © Hach Equipment (145 kb) Instructions for Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulfate Tests

Colorimeter DR850 Sample Cell Cleaning (72kb) Instructions for labeling & cleaning colorimeter sample cells

Colorimeter DR900

Quick Guide - Colorimeter DR900 Instructions (948 kb) Instructions for menu set-up of DR900 Colorimeter. Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulfate Tests

Full Manual for Colorimeter DR900 © Hach Equipment (5034 kb) Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulfate Tests

ACR Manual (4 Mb) Color photo guide for the ACR Personal Locator Beacon

Biosurvey Cheat Sheet- New 3/2020! (233 kb) Color photo guide for more common macros with identification hints

ALLARM's adaptation of the EASI Biological Monitoring Protocol Biosurvey protocol explained. Includes color photo identification guide p.9-14. © Dickinson College (ALLARM)

Identification Guide to Freshwater Macroinvertebrates Guide for macros with identification hints © Stroud Water Research Center

Macroinvertebrate Gallery  Color photos by David H. Funk © Stroud Water Research Center

Macroinvertebrate Identification and Education Guide  A comprehensive guide to classification and identification of macroinvertebrates with large color photos - a collaborative project funded by the National Science Foundation

2011 Pennsylvania Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Field & Test Kit Manual updated by Nature Abounds containing the Water Quality Test Kit Manual (old) created by Hach. The manuals are available in separate documents. 

Cover (80 kb)

Table of Contents (114 kb) Complete list of topics and pages on which they appear.

Pages 1-20 (1205 kb) Introduction, Watershed Concept, PaSEC Water Quality Monitoring Program,Topographic Maps, Contact Resource List

Pages 21-35 (1250 kb) Chemical Analysis Background Information (Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity, Phosphate, Nitrate, Alkalinity, Sulfate)

Pages 36-76 (916 kb) Equipment Checklist, Test Kit Inventories, Site Selection, PA Watersheds, Hydrologic Unit Codes, Weather & Wildlife Observing, Safety Checklist, Emergency Protocol, Unusual Reading Protocol, Chemical Waste Disposal, Care and Cleaning of Test Kits, Macro Collection Procedure, Equipment List, Macro ID Charts, Habitat Assessment, - Rocky Bottom & Muddy Bottom

Appendix A - Forms Part 1 (524 kb) Water Quality Monitoring Authorization, Equipment Maintenance Needs Form, Site Map Master Form, Site Description Form, Field Data Sheets, Macro ID Charts, Macro Data Sheets, WQ Rating Sheet

Appendix A - Forms Part 2 (1610 kb) Rocky Bottom Data Sheets

Appendix A - Forms Part 3 (1650 kb) Muddy Bottom Data Sheets

Appendix B Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) (44 kb) Nitrates, Sulfates, Alkalinity, Phosphates, Dissolved Oxygen

Appendix C Hach Visual Kit Instructions Pages 2-61 (636 kb) Safety & Disposal Considerations, MSDS for Hach Tests, Alkalinity Test, Dissolved Oxygen Test, Nitrate Test, Total Phosphate Test, Sulfate Test, Pocket Pal Conductivity Tester, & pH Tester

Appendix D - Extras (55 kb) Watch the Wild Site Description Forms & Observation Form, Wildlife Observation Form, WTW On-line Resource List, IceWatch USA Site Description Form & Observation Form

Appendix E  - AMD Volunteer Monitoring (847 kb) Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment System/Receiving Streams Monitoring Project Menthods

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Procedure and Data Sheets for the yearly Quality Control Equipment Check January 2022