STORET/WQX Workshop for Tribes

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Clean Water Act §106 Tools
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STORET/WQX Workshop for Tribes
(Workshop dates: November 18-19, 2008)

Purpose: Inform participants about EPA’s CWA Section 106 reporting requirements, establish basic data management procedures, and familiarize users with STORET/WQX tools and the benefits of documenting environmental results.

Workshop Presentations

Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 44K)
Introductions, goals, participant expectations, and registration survey results (PDF) (5 pp, 123K)	Audrey Johnson and Vijay Limaye, EPA Region 9 Water Division Tribal Office
Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting for the Tribal CWA §106 Program: Part 1 (PDF) (11 pp, 887K) Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting for the Tribal CWA §106 Program: Part 2 (PDF) (8 pp, 513K)	Vijay Limaye and Audrey Johnson
Basics of Data Management (PDF) (11 pp, 1.3M)	Kristen Gunthardt, EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
Overview of the STORET program, terminology, and tools for uploading data to the STORET Warehouse (PDF) (27 pp, 2.5 M)	Kristen Gunthardt
Tribal Case Study: Converting data to a STORET-Compatible format and submitting it to the STORET Warehouse using WebSIM (PDF) (14 pp, 918K)	Jennifer Torres, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
STORET/WQX Data Template (PDF) (15 pp, 103K)	Paul Andrews, and Jennifer Schimek, Research Triangle Institute International
The new WQX Web Submission Tool (WQXWeb)	Kristen Gunthardt
Retrieving Data from the STORET Warehouse for Analysis (PDF) (9 pp, 2.9M)	Kristen Gunthardt
Steps for Submitting Data via WQX (PDF) (28 pp, 1.6 M)	Kristen Gunthardt
Tribal Case Study: Converting existing spreadsheets into the STORET/WQX format (PDF) (9 pp, 1.4M)	Jesse Patterson, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
An Overview of the Exchange Network and Grant Program (PDF) (14 pp, 716K)	Patricia Eklund, EPA R9 Management and Technical Services
Tribal Case Study: EPA/NEIEN Grant Program (PDF) (17 pp, 1.5M)	Linda Rosas, Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians

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Resources

Clean Water Act §106 Tools

Reporting Requirements for Tribes

Annual Reporting Requirements (PDF) (1 pg, 77K)
Monitoring Strategy Requirement (PDF) (2 pp, 361K)
Water Quality Assessment Report Requirement (PDF) (2 pp, 128K)

Tribal Data Management

Support Available for Tribal STORET/WQX Users (PDF) (2 pp, 34K)
A Guide to the STORET/WQX Transition (PDF) (1 pg, 41K)
Recommendations for Data Management (PDF) (1 pg, 85K)
Comparison of Water Quality Data Submission Tools (PDF) (1 pg, 17K)
Data Checklist: Comparing your data to the fields in WQX (PDF) (3 pp, 23K)
Data Template Word Bank Exercises (PDF) (7 pp, 41K)

Water Quality Monitoring Parameters

Dissolved Oxygen (PDF) (1 pg, 181K)
pH (PDF) (1 pg, 226K)
Temperature (PDF) (1 pg, 182K)
Turbidity (PDF) (1 pg, 144K)
Total Phosphorus (PDF) (1 pg, 206K)
Total Nitrogen (PDF) (1 pg, 161K)
E. Coli (PDF) (1 pg, 161K)

EPA Resources

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