Data and Tools

Nutrient Management in Coastal Communities Webinar Archive

Excess nitrogen loading in waterways leads to eutrophication, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms causing beach closures and other issues. Nitrogen sensors in septic systems can help reduce the amount of nitrogen released to waterways in coastal communities.

Recycled Tire Crumb Research Webinar Archive

EPA and CDC/ASTDR’s hosted a joint informational webinar about the Synthetic Turf Field Recycled Tire Crumb Rubber Research Under the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) Final Report: Part 1 - Tire Crumb Rubber Characterization.

Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Webinar Archive

EPA’s Ron Williams presented on his research that is advancing the development and evaluation of low-cost air sensor technology and helping communities learn more about their air quality and air monitoring.

FRMs/FEMs and Air Sensors Webinar Archive

This EPA Tools & Resources webinar highlighted Federal Reference Methods/Federal Equivalent Methods and Sensors: Complementary Approaches for Determining Ambient Air Quality.

National Stormwater Calculator: Great Lakes Applications Webinar Archive

EPA's National Stormwater Calculator informs users on how well they can meet a desired stormwater retention target with and without the use of green infrastructure.

Downloadable Computational Toxicology Data

EPA’s computational toxicology research generates data that investigates the potential harm, or hazard of a chemical, the degree of exposure to chemicals as well as the unique chemical characteristics. This data is publicly available here.

Accessing Laboratory Support

Accessing Laboratory Support for Drinking Water Utilities and Emergency Responders

Emissions Estimation Tools

NHDPlus American Samoa Data (Vector Processing Unit 22a)

NHDPlus data for the South Atlantic West vector processing unit.

Occurrence Data from the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

EPA uses the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) to collect data for contaminants suspected to be present in drinking water, but that do not have health-based standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Data Summary of The Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

Data summary and analytical results of the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5).

Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Data Finder

This page contains a list of UCMR 5 Contaminants and Analytical Methods

eGRID PM2.5 Methodology

These documents provide additional materials for eGRID.

eGRID Environmental Footprinting

This paper describes how to use eGRID to determine emissions associated with electricity purchases.

Green Power Partner Map

Green Power Use Map Partner List

LakeCat Dataset - ReadMe

The LakeCat Dataset is an extensive collection of landscape metrics for about 378 thousand lakes and associated catchments within the conterminous U.S.

Protecting Tribal Air Quality in EPA's South Central Region

Protecting Tribal Air Quality

Building a Greenway: A case study

These are activities that could be completed once students have completed the general case study assignment and are familiar with the case study concepts.