On May 2 and 3, Alba Argerich and Effie Greathouse (both from Oregon State University) presented two talks about the Stream Chemistry Synthesis Project at the National Water Quality Monitoring Conference (NWQMC) held in Portland, OR. The NWQMC is a biennial national conference that gathers governmental organizations, tribes, volunteers, academia, watershed and environmental groups, and the private sector to discuss new findings on the quality of the Nation's waters.