Introduction, Yuncong Li and Kati W. Migliaccio 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, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Adam Foster, and Kati W. Migliaccio Sampling Pore Water from Soil and Sediment, Yuncong Li, Kati W. Migliaccio, Meifang Zhou, and Nicholas Kiggundu 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 R. 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