Either party may leave this cooperative program at any time for any reason whatsoever. Additional parties may be added to this agreement upon the mutual consent of DEQ, DCR, and the VA-SOS Program. Nothing in this agreement prohibits DEQ, DCR or the VA-SOS Program from entering into similar agreements with other organizations. Nothing in this agreement prohibits DEQ, DCR, or the VA-SOS Program from implementing other programs for which they are responsible. Evaluation Activity benchmarks will be used to evaluate the success and demonstrate the effectiveness of the cooperative effort between DEQ, DCR, and the VA SOS Program.
Benchmarks are measures that can be used to gauge a program's year to year and over the long term.
Activity benchmarks for citizen monitoring in Virginia will include the number of sites regularly monitored by citizen monitors, the number of river miles covered by citizen monitoring activities, the number of persons trained in biological and chemical monitoring methods, and the number of active participants in Citizens for Water Quality activities. Copyright 2000 Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. All rights reserved.