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State Water Board emphasizes QAPPs, lab QC and tribal data mapping in HAB training
Summary
SWAMP staff walked attendees through Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), lab quality control expectations for HAB analyses, tribal data mapping resources, and practical tips on drones and sample chains of custody.
Tessa Foggitt, who covers quality assurance and data management for SWAMP, told attendees that the primary goal of a QAPP is to document monitoring design elements, procedures, and data uses so results support project questions and future reproducibility. “A QAPP is a project specific plan designed to provide the type and quality of data required to answer questions posed by the project,” she said.
Foggitt urged teams to tailor the size and complexity of a QAPP to project scope, noted they often cover up to three years, and recommended using SWAMP’s “QAPPs Made Easy” workbook as a plain‑language template for required elements. She described data quality objectives…
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