These documents focus on specific areas of data submittal. They are to be used in conjunction with the EIM Spreadsheets, Spreadsheet Help Documents, and Submittal Guidelines. If you need additional help, please contact your EIM Data Coordinator.

Studies

• Naming EIM Studies

Locations

• Lat/Long List Builder Instructions
  -Use EIM map to get coordinates for your field locations
• Naming Monitoring Locations
  -Tips on naming conventions for wells and other field locations

Results

• Data Types Not Entered into EIM
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• Entering Comments
  -How to use EIM's comment fields
• Entering Observations
  -What to do if you have no result value, but want to record information
• Working with EIM Methods
  -How to find and use analytical, measurement, collection, preparation, and preservation methods
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• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data - Freshwater
• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data - Marine
• Dissolved Oxygen Data
• Field Replicates
• Lab Dilutions and Re-Extractions
• Measurement Basis
  -Dry weight, wet weight, etc.
• Non-Detects and Estimates
  -Draft
• Petroleum Hydrocarbon Data
• Pit Water Data
  -Water from excavations or trenches
• Sample Fraction
  -Total, dissolved, etc.
• Samples from Multiple Depths
  -For borehole, core, water column, and some test pit data
• Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) Collected by Centrifuge
• Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) Collected by In-Line Filtration
• Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) Collected by Sediment Trap
• TCLP Data
  -Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, prep method for toxics data
• Wells - Temporary (Direct Push, Geoprobe™, etc)
  -Interim guidance