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Monitoring to Demonstrate Environmental Results: Guidance to Develop Local Stormwater Monitoring Studies Using Six Example Study Designs (N. Law, L. Fraley-McNeal, K. Cappiella, and R. Pitt, University of Alabama, 2008. A joint effort between the Center and the University of Alabama, the manual presents the broad concepts and methods behind setting up special monitoring studies in support of the NPDES stormwater permitting program. The monitoring study designs cover a range of monitoring areas depending on the sophistication of the monitoring program -- from characterizing the quality of stormwater to developing a paired watershed study that breaks down the larger issue of protecting water quality into manageable components that can be addressed on a priority basis. Each study design covers the essential elements of establishing a monitoring program to include scoping, budgeting, funding and staffing needs as well as equipment and sampling requirements. Special issues associated with each monitoring study design are also covered for those unforseen but inevitable problems.