The Eighteenth Annual Water Quality Monitoring Workshop was held January 8-10, 2008, at Boise State University. The purpose of the workshop was to share results of water quality monitoring efforts throughout Idaho. The workshop is an annual event sponsored by the Idaho Departments of Environmental Quality, Fish and Game, and Agriculture, Boise State University-Biology Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey, Agricultural Research Service, and Idaho Power Co.

Keynote speakers at the workshop were

• Edward T. Furlong , Ph.D., "Pharmaceuticals and Other Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Trends and Observations at National and Watershed Scales."
• Octavia D. Conerly, "Contaminants of Emerging Concern: EPA's Office of Water Perspective."
• James L. Gray, Ph.D., "Detection of Environmental Estrogens and Concurrent Observation of Feminization of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) in Wastewater Effluent "

Oral presentations and a poster session were also conducted.

Link to 2008 Workshop Agenda, Abstracts, and Posters