The Intensive Survey Branch (ISB) collects and interprets a variety of biological, chemical, and physical data that are incorporated in the DWR basinwide planning concept. ISB monitoring programs include the Ambient Lake Monitoring Program, Lake TMDL Studies, and other Special Studies/Intensive Surveys as requested and as resources allow. Specific monitoring activities include:
• Ambient Lakes Monitoring
• Chemical sampling in water or sediment
• Physical measurements (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity)
• Flow/velocity/time-of-travel measurement
• Sediment oxygen demand and nutrient flux
• Channel morphology and lake bathymetry measurement
• Remote sampling
Standard Operating Procedures
Physical and Chemical Monitoring SOP
Lakes Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan
Lake Special Studies
Study Plan for the Identification of Emerging Contaminants in Jordan Lake and its Watershed
Study Plan for the Identification of Emerging Contaminants in Falls Lake and its Watershed
Jordan Lake Algaecide and Phosphorous-Locking Treatment Study
2017 White Lake Water Quality Investigation
Reports and Data
Effects of Hurricane Matthew on N.C. Surface Waters
Falls and Jordan Lake Monitoring
Jordan Lake Algaecide and Phosphorous-Locking Treatment Study Plan
WSS Reports and Publications
1992 Lakes Assessment Report
Other Links
EPA- Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
USGS North Carolina Water Science
NC Lake Management Society
NCSU Water Quality Group
Staff Contacts
Branch Number 919.743.8403
Sean Buczek |
Branch Supervisor
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919.743.8496
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Env. Specialist II
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919.743.8498
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Craig Hoover | Env. Specialist I | 919.743.8413 |
Robert Langley | Env. Specialist I | 919.743.8501 |
Joe Mohn | Env. Specialist I | 919.743.8410 |
NC Lakes Monitoring Program Coordinator |
919.743.8495
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Jill Tucker | Env. Technician | 919.743.8499 |
Water Sciences Section 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1621
919.743.8400