"This file contains enterococci data collected at estuarine and Great Lakes sites that were sampled for the National Coastal Condition Assessment in 2020, 2021 and 2022." Data have been thoroughly reviewed, however they are not considered final until the NCCA Report is published. Data may be updated at any time. The changelog for the associated file may be found below the column name definitions. End-users are responsible for reviewing the suitability of these data for their purposes. """Please bring any questions about the data to the attention of Hugh Sullivan, NCCA Lead at sullivan.hugh@epa.gov. "" " Please note: Station information (sampling coordinates, site depth, etc.) may be imported from the Site Information files. """For information about NCCA protocols, please check the NCCA 2020 Field Operations Manual, Site Evaluation Guidelines; Lab Operations Manual, and Quality Assurance Project Plan on the NCCA Website: https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/manuals-used-national-aquatic-resource-surveys#National%20Coastal%20Condition%20Assessment"" " COLUMN_NAME Legal Values Description PUBLICATION_DATE Date the dataset was published by NARS IM UNIQUE_ID Unique site ID based on location. Does not depend on year sampled or any other factor. Follows a unique site through multiple survey designs. Form is NCA_ss_nnnnn where ss is state/territory and nnnnn is number that starts at 10001. No missing values allowed. Text UID Unique identifier for a single sampling event at a site/visit. Use the UID to associate data in the NCCA site info files with information included in this file. SITE_ID "NCCA Site ID for the study and year sampled. Preferred form is NCAnn_MM-xxxxx where nn is survey cycle year (05, 10, 15, 20, etc), MM is two letter state code, and xxxxx is between 10001 and 99999. No missing values allowed. No missing values allowed." VISIT_NO |1|2 Visit: 1/2 DATE_COL mm/dd/yyyy Date Collected mm/dd/yyyy PSTL_CODE "State two letter postal code for site sampled. 50 state postal codes plus (if applicable) AS, MP, GU, PR, VI for American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. No missing values allowed." WTBDY_TYPE Marine or Great Lakes NCCA_REG Northeast|Southeast|Gulf|West|Great Lakes|Pacific "National Coastal Condition Assessment Region. Northeast includes states ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, MD, DE, and VA. Southeast includes NC, SC, GA, and east coast of FL. No missing values allowed." SAMPLE_TYPE NCCA Sample Type (ENTE LAB Lab processing sample SAM_CODE Sample code (Regular/Lab duplicate/Lab split) MATRIX Water ANALYTE Enterococci BATCH_ID Batch identified for batch that sample was processed in ENT_1X_CCE_100ML enterococci CCE scaled to 100 mL water sample volume: includes values based on non-reportable (