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WaterNews for October 6, 2005Benjamin Grumbles WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. In This Week’s WaterNews:
World Water Monitoring Day is Oct. 18World Water Monitoring Day, an annual event commemorating the anniversary of the Clean Water Act, provides citizens and families the opportunity to get involved in local watershed activities and learn about water quality issues and water monitoring . Between Sept. 18 and Oct. 18, people of all ages throughout the world will be taking simple measures of the quality of their local waters entering their results into an international database. Thousands of U.S. kids and their families will be participating, along with kids and families in Japan, Australia, South Africa, Israel, Taiwan, and many other countries. On Oct. 18 events celebrating the anniversary of the Clean Water Act will be held throughout the world. Benjamin Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, will participate in a community event with the local stream team, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in St. Charles, Missouri on Tuesday, Oct. 18 to celebrate World Water Monitoring Day. Kids will be sampling and learning about water quality in a number of locations around the DC metropolitan area. For example:
World Water Monitoring Day is sponsored by America’s Clean Water Foundation and is in its third year. For more information on World Water Monitoring Day, visit the main website at: www.worldwatermonitoringday.org. WARSSS Sediment Assessment Methods Web Site CompletedThe Office of Water recently finalized a new technical methods Web site designed to help watershed managers assess and restore waters with suspended or bedded sediment problems. The centerpiece of the WARSSS website (Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply) is a step-by-step, three-phase assessment methodology developed by Dr. David L. Rosgen for detecting sediment problems and source areas, estimating excessive sediment loads, and planning to restore normal sediment dynamics in streams and rivers. Besides the WARSSS methodology, the site also contains the entire sediment model WRENSS, a stream classification tutorial, and a large collection of links to clean sediment information and tools. Visit the WARSSS Web site at http://www.epa.gov/warsss and if you have any questions, please contact Doug Norton at norton.douglas@epa.gov. Update of Drinking Water DatabaseThe Office of Water is announcing the implementation of its modernized drinking water data system, beginning October 1, 2005. The modernized data system replaces the outdated Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal version (SDWIS/Fed) using: contemporary capabilities for the transfer of data from primacy agencies to EPA; a modern database where the data is stored; data warehousing to facilitate user access and data analysis; and, a web-based user access to routine standard drinking water reports. The modernization makes use of: the EPA Central Data Exchange for all data submittals and report access; the EPA Envirofacts warehouse for public access to drinking water data; and, the EPA Drinking Water Program web pages for user access to drinking water data analyses tools (such as pivot table reports). A parallel effort is underway for making enhancements to the EPA-funded Primacy Agency Drinking Water Data Management tool called the Safe Drinking Water Information System/State version (SDWIS/State), with the delivery of SDWIS State Web Release 1.0 scheduled for December 2005. In this effort, which supports states' management of the drinking water data, EPA is working in concert with dozens of primacy agencies using the current software and is taking advantage of the modern capabilities associated with the World Wide Web network. Watershed Academy's Third Webcast Features "The ABCs of TMDLs for Stakeholders"
EPA's Watershed Academy sponsored its third Webcast on the basics of the Clean Water Act section 303(d) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program on Sept. 28. The Webcast, entitled “The ABCs of TMDLs for Stakeholders,” featured Bruce Zander, TMDL Coordinator for EPA Region 8. The on-line seminar attracted several hundred participants from 40 states, Ecuador, Italy and Canada with people participating via streaming audio or phone lines, and viewing the PowerPoint presentation on the Internet. The entire presentation, complete with audio, can be viewed at the Clu-In Web site at: http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/abctmdl_092805/. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserve: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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