Summary of Sample Program Parameters
Monitoring Type	Parameters	Events	Stations
Biota	In situ: water temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, flow	Five stations per year	15
	Habitat, macroinvertebrates, fish	Five stations per year	15

 

In addition to collecting information for an aquatic habitat assessment, communities may be required to perform pebble counts and in situ physical measurements to comply with their Watershed Protection Plan.  Sampling should occur at least two weeks apart, so each sampling effort does not affect the other.  The length of stream segment used during the biological and habitat assessment should be determined using the Environmental Protection Division and Georgia Wildlife Resource Division's Standard Operating Procedures and documented at the time of each sampling event.  Typically, under most circumstances, the length should be a minimum of 100 meters or 35 times the mean width of the channel.  The stream reaches used for the habitat assessment should include the same reach sampled during macroinvertebrate and fish data collection efforts.