The Council serves as a statewide collaborative body to help achieve effective collection, interpretation, and dissemination of environmental data related to water quality monitoring issues, policies, and resource management. The Council addresses the full spectrum of aquatic resources, including ground and surface waters, wetlands, other freshwater systems, and associated water resources in Oklahoma. Activities and functions of the Council will include, but not be limited to:

• convene meetings and symposia for the purpose of achieving collaboration, communication and information exchange among those engaged in water quality monitoring activities;

• encourage cooperative efforts to evaluate existing sampling and analytical methods to determine those most appropriate for water monitoring programs and for the water types found in Oklahoma;

• identify environmental measures necessary and appropriate for each monitoring program's purpose; and

• develop an Oklahoma Water Quality Monitoring Plan which includes:
  
  

  • development of recommended procedures for data management and quality assurance

  • identifies and promotes the use of appropriate statistical and interpretative procedures for the presentation of findings in both technical and non-technical formats