Water Stewardship

British Columbia Field Sampling Manual: 2003

For Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air-Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment and Biological Samples

January 2003

Sampling at the Callaghan - J. Guay The 2003 edition of the British Columbia Field Sampling Manual sets out the sampling procedures, protocols and equipment that permittees are normally expected to use when doing monitoring required by the Ministry of Environment.

The Field Sampling Manual is available in PDF. It can be viewed in its entirety or, because of the large size of the file, in eight smaller sections for ease of access:

British Columbia Field Sampling Manual (complete) (2MB)
PDF: 1.90 MB / 401 pages

Part A: Quality Control and Quality Assurance (274kb)
PDF: 272 KB / 36 pages

Part B: Air and Air Emissions Testing (427kb)
PDF: 423 KB / 72 pages

Part C: Biological Testing (546kb)
PDF: 543 KB / 71 pages

Part D: Soil and Sediment Sampling (350kb)
PDF: 346 KB / 33 pages

Part E: Water and Wastewater Sampling:

Ambient Freshwater and Effluent Sampling (532kb)
PDF: 530 KB / 61 pages
Ground Water Pollution Monitoring (330kb)
PDF: 330 KB / 27pages
Effluent Flow Measurement (568kb)
PDF: 566 KB / 47 pages

Glossary and Index (255kb)
PDF: 255 KB / 34 pages

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