Program Management:
Quality Assurance Oversight Team (QAOT)
Fact Sheet
View or download the September 2009
QAOT factsheet (500 kb, PDF)
The Quality Assurance Oversight Team (QAOT) is governed by CERP Guidance Memorandum 41.01 which was adopted by the Design Coordination Team on September 17, 2010. The QAOT is responsible for providing guidance and oversight on quality assurance and quality control issues for CERP projects and programs (including RECOVER). Organizationally the QAOT reports to the DCT. In order for CERP projects and programs to provide quality and defensible environmental data, the Quality Assurance Systems Requirements (QASR) manual was created to give guidance regarding quality assurance and control procedures for typical environmental sampling procedures and methods.
The QAOT is a multi-agency team comprised of four to six standing members. The lead agencies are the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District. Representatives from the following agencies are serving as standing members:
- Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
- South Florida Water Management District
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
QAOT Workshops
Workshop Presentations
14-15 Sep 2011 - Fall 2011 Workshop - Introduction to CERP Quality Assurance
- Role of QAOT in CERP (222 kb, PDF)
- Monitoring Plan Development and Review (805 kb, PDF)
- QASR Hydrology and Hydraulics - Chapter 6 (250 kb, PDF)
- QASR Biological - Chapter 8 (249 kb, PDF)
- Laboratory - ADaPT-DBHYDRO-Audits (1.2 mb, PDF)
- Data Management - CERPZone-CID-EGRET (848 kb, PDF)
- Data Usability (333 kb, PDF)
Previous QAOT Workshops
QAOT Documents
1 Jun 2011 - Revised Final Report for the Winter 2010 Performance Evaluation Water Samples for the CERP's QAOT and the SFWMD
- Winter 2010 PE Water Samples Report (664 kb, PDF)
19 May 2011 - Quality Assessment Report for CERP for the Water Year 2009-2010
- QAR Water Year 2009-2010 (663 kb, PDF)
Winter 2010 - Environment Canada Performance Evaluation
This is the Environment Canada Performance Evaluation (PE) Winter Report for PE samples that were sent to the laboratories that are under contract to perform analysis for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The laboratories chose which analytes to analyze and not necessarily the ones that they have analyzed for the project.
- Environment Canada Performance Evaluation (1.2 mb, PDF)
21 Jun 2010 - QAOT Standard Operating Procedure Documents
- SOP-001
(107 kb, PDF)
Format for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and Document Control Procedures (Mar 2008) - SOP-002 (111 kb, PDF)
Quality Assurance Activities and Responsibilities (Dec 2008) - SOP-003 (713 kb, PDF)
Preparation of the Quality Assessment Report (Nov 2009) - SOP-004 (99 kb, PDF)
Review of Project Monitoring Plans & Scopes of Work (Oct 2008)
23 Apr 2009 - Final 2008 QAOT Quality Assessment Report May 2007 – April 2008
- Main Document (427 kb, PDF)
- Attachments (4 mb, PDF)
19 Mar 2009 - Final QASR Documents
(please note
Chapter 8 is still draft and being revised)
23 Dec 2008 - Draft CERP 2008 Annual Quality Assessment Report for May 2007 – April 2008
- Main Document (433 kb, PDF)
- Attachments (4.1 mb, PDF)
2 Feb 2009 - Final CERP 2007 Annual Quality Assessment Report for May 2006 – April 2007
- Main Document (721 kb, PDF)
- Attachments A-L (385 kb, PDF)
- Attachment M (3.4 mb, PDF)
20 Oct 2005 - The Data Quality Objectives Process—a guidance to CERP project managers
- The Data Quality Objectives Process (573 kb, PDF)
Related Links:
- Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) Part 1
- Quality Assurance Systems Requirements (QASR) Manual
- CERP Guidance Memoranda
- FDEP Quality Assurance Rule
- FDEP Field Sampling SOPs
- NELAC Standards
- EPA Test Methods
- USEPA Analytical Methods Approved for Drinking Water Compliance Listed by Method Number and Source
- USEPA Analytical Methods Approved for Drinking Water Compliance Listed by Contaminants
- USACE Sampling and Analysis Plan
Contact for this page:
- April Patterson, USACE
april.n.patterson@usace.army.mil - Ming Chen, SFWMD
MiChen@sfwmd.gov
