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Water Action Volunteers – Level 2 Manual
Updated January 2016
14. Enter additional data in
Comments
a. Please, record any information that might help characterize your data. For
instance, include information on any activity occurring upstream that may be
affecting water quality, as well as observations you made regarding current
weather, wildlife at the site, upcoming storms, etc.
15. Click
Next
to go to the field work data entry screen
16. Enter your monitoring data from the
red
and
purple
boxes in the
Result
column
a. Enter the values recorded for each measured parameter. If you did not monitor
the parameter, LEAVE IT BLANK! Entering a ‘0’ into SWIMS does not indicate that
you did not monitor it; it indicates that you got a result of ‘0’!
b. Use the dropdown menus when available to record your response.
17. Click
Save
to save data.
a. You will now see the result for the transparency average (grey line).
18. To continue entering your monitoring results:
a. Click
Next Date and Next Station
to return to the initial ‘Create Monitoring Data’
screen to begin entering data for a different station or for a different date
b. Click
Save and Return to List
to view your recently updated monitoring data
c. Click
Save and Next
to move to the next data entry screen.
