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## Method for Examination and Documentation of Basic Information and Metadata from Published Reports Relevant to the Study of Stormwater Runoff Quality

**By Shannon G. Dionne, Gregory E. Granato, and Cameron K. Tana**

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99–254

Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. A Contribution    to the National Highway Runoff Data and Methodology Synthesis.

**ONLINE ONLY**

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### Abstract

A readily accessible archive ofinformation that is valid, current, andtechnically defensible is needed to makeinformed highway-planning, design, andmanagement decisions. The NationalHighway Runoff Water-Quality Data andMethodology Synthesis (NDAMS) is acataloging and assessment of thedocumentation of information relevant tohighway-runoff water quality available inpublished reports. The report reviewprocess is based on the NDAMS reviewsheet, which was designed by the USGSwith input from the FHWA, Statetransportation agencies, and the regulatorycommunity. The report-review process isdesigned to determine the technical merit ofthe existing literature in terms of currentrequirements for data documentation, dataquality, quality assurance and quality control(QA/QC), and technical issues that mayaffect the use of historical data. To facilitatethe review process, the NDAMS reviewsheet is divided into 12 sections:(1) administrative review information,(2) investigation and report information,(3) temporal information, (4) locationinformation (5) water-quality-monitoringinformation, (6) sample-handling methods,(7) constituent information, (8) samplingfocus and matrix, (9) flow monitoringmethods, (10) field QA/QC, (11)laboratory, and (12) uncertainty/erroranalysis.This report describes the NDAMSreport reviews and metadata documentationmethods and provides an overview of theapproach and of the quality-assurance andquality-control program used to implementthe review process. Detailed information,including a glossary of relevant terms, acopy of the report-review sheets, and reportreviewinstructions are completelydocumented in a series of three appendixesincluded with this report. Therefore thereviews are repeatable and the methods canbe used by transportation researchorganizations to catalog new reports as theyare published.

### Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Acknowledgements

Background

Approach

Section 1: Review Information

Section 2: Investigation and Report Information

Section 3: Temporal Information

Section 4: Location Information

Section 5: Water-Quality-Monitoring Methods

Section 6: Sample-Handling Methods

Section 7: Constituent Information

Section 8: Sampling Focus and Matrix

Section 9: Flow-Monitoring Methods

Sections 10 and 11: Field and Laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Section 12: Uncertainty/Error Analysis

Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Report-Review Process

Summary

References

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Suggested Citation:Dionne, S.G., Granato, G.E., and Tana, C.K., 1999, Method for examination and documentation of basic information and metadata from published reports relevant to the study of stormwater runoff quality: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-254, 156 p.

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