In 2005, the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCRN) initiated a long-term water quality and quantity monitoring program, funded in part by the Water Resources Division. The program is carried out through monthly sampling at more than 40 sites within 10 of the NCRN parks. The FY2007 - 2008 Annual Report on water quality in the National Capital Region parks focuses on data collected under the Surface Water Dynamics Protocol (2007) and the Water Chemistry Monitoring Protocol (2007) of the NCRN I&M Program.