SWAMP definition

SWAMP means Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program and more information is available at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/
SWAMP means any shallow depression on which water collects either intermittently or permanently and where there is a small depth of surface water or a shallow depth of ground water and a slight range of fluctuation either in the surface level of the water or of the ground water level so as to permit the growth of aquatic vegetation;
SWAMP means, consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(16), a place wholly or partly within the State of Rhode Island where groundwater shall be near or at the surface of the ground for a significant part of the growing season, or where runoff water from surface drainage shall collect frequently, and/or where a vegetational community shall be made up of a significant portion of one (1) or more of, but not limited to nor necessarily including all of the following: red maple (Acer rubrum), elm (Ulmus americana), black spruce (Picea mariana), white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides), ashes (Fraxinus), poison sumac (Rhus vernix), larch (Larix laricina), spice bush (Lindera benzoin), alders (Alnus), skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), hellebore (Veratrum viride), hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), sphagnums (Sphagnum), azaleas (Rhododendron), black alder (Ilex verticillata), coast pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), blueberries (Vaccinium), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), willow (Salicaceae), water willow (Decodon verticillatus), tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), laurels (Kalmia), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), or species indicative of marsh. For purposes of this definition, “significant part of the growing season” means that period of the growing season when water is present long enough to support a plant community of predominantly hydrophytic vegetation.

Examples of SWAMP in a sentence

  • If water quality monitoring is undertaken, the Grantee shall also prepare, maintain, and implement a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) in accordance with the State Water Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program’s (SWAMP) QAPP and data reporting requirements, and the USEPA QAPP, EPA AQ/R5, 3/01.

  • Surface water quality monitoring data shall be submitted to the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), which is administered by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB).

  • The Grantee agrees that water quality data collected under this Agreement shall be delivered to the State Water Board such that it may be entered into the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) database and evaluated to determine the status and trends of aquatic life in California’s wadeable streams.

  • In the absence of an approved QA Plan for a project, the Contractor shall meet the SWAMP Programmatic MQOs. If the SWAMP programmatic MQOs are unable to be met by the methodology requested by the Water Boards Project Manager, the Contractor shall consult the SWAMP QA Officer prior to conducting an analysis.

  • The data flow is that the Contractor submits the laboratory results through the SWAMP Online Data Checker, or other future resources, as requested by the Water Boards Contract Manager, and then the data is received by the Water Board SWAMP IQ staff for data verification and validation.


More Definitions of SWAMP

SWAMP means, consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(16), a place wholly or partly within the State of Rhode Island where groundwater shall be near or at the surface of the ground for a significant part of the growing season, or where runoff water from surface drainage shall collect frequently, and/or where a vegetational community shall be made up of a
SWAMP means an area permanently saturated or inundated by water, and occupied predominantly by either a scrub-shrub or forested wetland vegetation community.
SWAMP means Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program and more information is available at State Water Resources Board’s web site which is located at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/ as of the time of adoption of this LAMP.
SWAMP means Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program.
SWAMP means an area with soils that exhibit aquic moisture regimes and are dominated by wetland trees and shrubs. Typical examples of swamp species are listed in a booklet entitled Inland Wetland Plants of Connecticut by William A. Niering and Richard H. Goodwin, prepared by the Connecticut Arboretum (Bulletin No. 19, May 19, 1973) pp 24, republished by the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
SWAMP means, consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(10), a place not less than three (3) acres in extent wholly or partly within the State of Rhode Island where groundwater shall be near or at the surface of the ground for a significant part of the growing season, or where runoff water
SWAMP means a wetland that is often inundated and composed of woody vegetation.