The Assignment

For this assignment, you are required to produce a SAP that defines the sampling and analysis required to determine the water quality (nutrients and metals) of the main drains entering the Middle Swan and Canning sections of the Swan-Canning Estuary, and to identify the drains which should be a priority for management attention. What your Sap should Contain:

• The objectives of the sampling;
• Define the study site;
• Outline the known environmental history of the study site;
• Outline the intended sampling design (spatial and temporal);
• State or refer to the field sampling methods;
• State the analytes of interest;
• State or refer to the laboratory analysis;
• Define any guidelines or standards that should guide the collection and analysis of samples; and
• Define any guidelines or standards that be used as criteria to assess water quality and identify priority drains for management attention.