Introduction -- Water quality regulations and policy development / Kati W. Migliaccio and Mary Jane Angelo -- Water quality standards : designated uses and numeric criteria development / Brian E. Haggard and J. Thad Scott -- Project planning and quality system implementation for water quality sampling programs / Delia Ivanoff -- Surface water quality sampling in streams and canals / Kati W. Migliaccio, Daren Harmel and Peter C. Smiley, Jr. -- Groundwater sampling / Qingren Wang ... [et al.] -- Sampling pore-water from soil and sediment / Yuncong Li ... [et al.] -- Field measurements / David Struve and Meifang Zhou -- Laboratory qualifications for water quality monitoring / Yuncong Li, Meifang zhou and Jianqiang Zhao -- Laboratory analyses / Yuncong Li, Renuka Rao Mathur and Lena Q. Ma -- Sampling and analysis of emerging pollutants / David A. Alvarez and Tammy L. Jones-Lepp -- Uncertainty in measured water quality data / Daren Harmel, Patricia Smith and Kati W. Migliaccio -- Water quality statistical analysis / Kati W. Migliaccio, Joffre Castro and Brian E. Haggard -- Examples of water quality monitoring / Qingren Wang and Yuncong Li -- Training video for water quality sampling and analysis / Pamela J. Fletcher and Sapna Mulki.