STORMWATER MONITORING - OUR SPECIALTY
Like many other environmental data collection efforts, most stormwater monitoring projects are directed by a need to acquire data over a particular period or by a certain deadline. What differentiates stormwater monitoring from most other environmental data collection efforts is the transient and largely unpredictable nature of the subject matter; that is, stormwater runoff. Unlike process wastewater, wetlands, or lakes, precipitation, which generates stormwater runoff, only exists sporadically and its characteristics are only moderately predictable. So here-in lies the basic challenge of most stormwater monitoring projects, particularly those driven by regulatory compliance: to collect a specified amount of data about a transient and less-than predictable occurrence while meeting rigid scheduling and budgeting constraints.
By its very nature, stormwater monitoring occurs during inclement weather and under conditions that can stress monitoring instruments and personnel. Short and long-term success requires well trained and experienced staff, dependable equipment deployed in the appropriate applications and used correctly, an ability to develop best-estimates of storm timing and magnitude to avoid missed opportunities and unnecessary expenditures in labor and materials. Managers and team members must have superb organizing skills and business agility to respond to rapidly changing or unexpected situations in order to maximize sampling opportunities. Development and full implementation of standard operating procedures and QA/QC are critical to ensure collection of high quality data regardless of field conditions.
Taylor Associates, Inc. approaches every stormwater monitoring project with these issues in mind. Because stormwater monitoring is a core service area for Taylor Associates Inc., the company culture is developed around addressing these key issues for monitoring success.
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