Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Project Plan Prepared by CDM Smith On Behalf of Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority Version 2.0 April 2019 This page intentionally left blank Group A: Project Management 1. Title and Approval Sheet Table 1-1. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approval sheet (Table 1-1 shall be updated as needed to remain current) Role1 Position2 Agency/Entity3 Name Signature Date Monitoring Plan & QAPP Santa Ana Watershed Project Director Rick Whetsel Regulatory Oversight Project Authority Monitoring Plan & QAPP Santa Ana Regional Water Project Manager Barbara Barry Regulatory Oversight Quality Control Board Monitoring Plan & QAPP State Water Resources QA Officer Renee Spears Regulatory Oversight Control Board Project Manager/ Agriculture/Dairy Responsible Agency Pat Boldt Project QA Officer Representative Responsible Agency Project Manager City of Claremont Loretta Mustafa Responsible Agency Project QA Officer City of Claremont Kimberly Colbert Responsible Agency Project Manager City of Newport Beach John Kappelar Responsible Agency Project QA Officer City of Newport Beach Bob Stein Responsible Agency Project Manager City of Pomona Julie Carver Responsible Agency Project QA Officer City of Pomona Rae Beimer Orange County Responsible Agency Project Manager Watersheds (Orange Jian Peng County Public Works) Orange County Responsible Agency Project QA Officer Watersheds (Orange Kurt Zach County Public Works) 1 Table 1-1. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approval sheet (Table 1-1 shall be updated as needed to remain current) Role1 Position2 Agency/Entity3 Name Signature Date Riverside County Flood Project Manager/ Responsible Agency Control & Water Richard Boon Project QA Officer Conservation District Project Manager/ San Bernardino County Responsible Agency Arlene Chun Project QA Officer Flood Control District Responsible Agency (Designee) Project Manager CDM Smith Steve Wolosoff Responsible Agency (Designee) Project QA Officer CDM Smith Barbara Wells Responsible Agency (Designee) Project Manager CWE Vik Bapna Responsible Agency (Designee) Project QA Officer CWE Gerald Greene Laboratory Orange County Public Contract Laboratory Manager/Director/ Joseph Guzman Health Laboratory QA Officer Laboratory Orange County Water Contract Laboratory Donald Phipps Manager/Director District Laboratory Contract Laboratory Enthalpy Analytical Cam Pham Manager/Director Laboratory QA Contract Laboratory Enthalpy Analytical Cliff Baldridge Officer Laboratory Contract Laboratory Weck Laboratories Kim Tu Manager/Director Laboratory QA Contract Laboratory Weck Laboratories Alan Ching Officer Laboratory Weston Solutions Contract Laboratory Alex Schriewer Manager/Director Laboratory 2 Table 1-1. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approval sheet (Table 1-1 shall be updated as needed to remain current) Role1 Position2 Agency/Entity3 Name Signature Date Laboratory QA Weston Solutions Contract Laboratory Satomi Yonemasu Officer Laboratory Laboratory Contract Laboratory Babcock Laboratories, Inc. Amanda Porter Manager/Director Laboratory QA Contract Laboratory Babcock Laboratories, Inc. Stacey Fry Officer Laboratory Clinical Laboratory of San Contract Laboratory Bob Glaubig Manager/Director Bernardino, Inc. Laboratory QA Clinical Laboratory of San Contract Laboratory Roberto Cabrera Officer Bernardino, Inc. Laboratory Contract Laboratory Source Molecular Yiping Cao Manager/Director Laboratory QA Contract Laboratory Source Molecular Tania Madi Officer 1 Role: Monitoring Plan & QAPP Regulatory Oversight; Responsible Agency (or designee); or Contract Laboratory 2 Position: For example, Project Director, Santa Ana Water Board, Project Manager, Project QA Officer, Monitoring Manager, Data Manager, Sampling Personnel, Laboratory Personnel 3 Agency/Entity: Name of the organization where the signatory is employed 4 Title: Job title within the organization that the signatory is employed 3 Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Project Plan 2. Table of Contents Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Sections Group A: Project Management................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Title and Approval Sheets ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 3. Distribution List .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 4. Project/Task Organization .......................................................................................................................................... 10 5. Problem Definition/Background .............................................................................................................................. 19 6. Project/Task Descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 24 7. Quality Objectives and Criteria for Measurement Data .................................................................................. 49 8. Special Training Needs/Certification ...................................................................................................................... 52 9. Documents And Records .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Group B: Data Generation and Acquisition ..................................................................................................... 56 10. Sampling Process Design .............................................................................................................................................. 56 11. Sampling Methods ........................................................................................................................................................... 59 12. Sample Handling and Custody ................................................................................................................................... 78 13. Analytical Methods.......................................................................................................................................................... 82 14. Quality Control .................................................................................................................................................................. 86 15. Instrument/Equipment Testing, Inspection, and Maintenance .................................................................. 89 16. Instrument/Equipment Calibration and Frequency ........................................................................................ 90 17. Inspection/Acceptance of Supplies and Consumables .................................................................................... 91 18. Non-Direct Measurements (Existing Data) .......................................................................................................... 92 19. Data Management ............................................................................................................................................................ 93 Group C: Assessment and Oversight .................................................................................................................. 95 20. Assessments & Response Actions ............................................................................................................................. 95 21. Reports to Management ................................................................................................................................................ 96 Group D: Data Validation and Usability ........................................................................................................... 97 22. Data Review, Verification, and Validation Requirements .............................................................................. 97 23. Verification and Validation Methods ....................................................................................................................... 98 24. Reconciliation with User Requirements ................................................................................................................ 99 List of Tables 1-1 Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approval sheet ................................................................................ 1 3-1 QAPP distribution list ................................................................................................................................................... 8 4-1 Key positions and primary responsibilities for implementation of SAR Bacteria Monitoring Program ................................................................................................................................................... 14 4-2 Responsible agencies for RMP priority sites and additional TMDL monitoring .............................. 17 6-1 Priority 1 monitoring sites .......................................................................................... 25 6-2 Priority 2 monitoring sites .....................................................................................................................................