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Fact Sheet: 2002 Impaired Waters Baseline National Geospatial Dataset

Fact Sheet: 303(d) Listed Impaired Waters State, Watershed and National Geospatial Datasets

How to Enter a Protection Action

This explains how to create and enter an Action that is part of a Protection Approach in the ATTAINS User Interface.

WQX Flow Configuration 3.0

This document contains data validation rules, services and schema. The principle document which captures the detailed data exchange processing rules governing WQX using narrative text, diagrams and examples.

ATTAINS Calculations of EPA IR Categories

This explains the data elements in ATTAINS that are used to calculate the EPA Integrated Reporting Category for Assessments.

ATTAINS-How to Apply TMDL Action to Assessments

This explains how to apply an Action to an Assessment.

ATTAINS - How To Rename a Parameter

This applies to cause parameter names that had been used in an earlier cycle that have since been retired.

ATTAINS - How to Enter a TMDL Action

This explains how to create and enter a new TMDL Action in the ATTAINS User Interface.

How to Enter State Survey Results

This explains how to enter state statistical (probability) survey results in the ATTAINS User Interface.

Mapping your Dataset to Water Quality Exchange Web

This document was developed to assist with the mapping of your desired dataset format to an import configuration and submitting data to STORET.

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NHDPlus is a geospatial, hydrologic framework dataset that is intended for use by geospatial analysts and modelers to support water resources related applications. NHDPlus was developed by the USEPA in partnership with the US Geologic Survey

WQX Metals Best Practices Guide

The goal of the WQX Metals Best Practices Guide is to increase the quality of metals data records in WQX.

How to Upload Geospatial (GIS) Data in ATTAINS

o How to Upload Geospatial (GIS) Data in ATTAINS

ATTAINS Tips Using TMDL Actions Batch Upload Template

This provides tips to know when using the TMDL Actions Batch Upload Template.

Features Available in the EPA Reports - Assessment Cycle Status Report

This explains the selection options for the report that allows EPA to see the status of each Organization's Assessment Cycle.

How to Use ATTAINS Reports to Answer Questions

This explains how to answer some common questions using ATTAINS reports. This document was developed for the May 2020 Data Management Workshop.

Best Practices for Sharing Benthics Data

The Water Quality eXchange (WQX) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Best Practices Guide was created to guide organizations in submitting benthic macroinvertebrate data to WQX. It was also created to make submitting benthic macroinvertebrate datasets

How to Enter State Metrics for How’s My Waterway

This explains how to enter information for the metrics, URLs and the descriptive paragraph that appear on the top of the State tab of How’s My Waterway 2.0. Changes made in the Metrics area of ATTAINS will appear in the second release of How’s My Waterway

Features Available in the ATTAINS Action Summary Reports

This explains some of the features available in the ATTAINS Action Summary Reports (TMDL and Actions) as of the July 2020 release.

Features Available in the ATTAINS Cycle Comparison Reports

This explains some of the new features available in the ATTAINS Cycle Comparison Reports (at either the Assessment level or the Parameter level) as of the February 2020 release.