WQX Data Flow Implementation, Training, and Outreach Project

NAEPC Overview History: NAEPC was founded in 1996 by leaders of four tribes: La Jolla, Pauma, Pechanga & San Pasqual to assist with building programmatic capacity Vision: To become a recognized leader for environmental stewardship by creating and promoting resilient partnerships while embracing tribal traditions and culture for present and future generations

NAEPC Overview Mission: With respect for tribal sovereignty, NAEPC is dedicated to providing technical assistance, environmental education, professional training, information networking and intertribal coordination as directed by the member tribes. Goals: Offer environmental education resources to people of all ages; advocate for environmental justice; strengthen intertribal partnerships and resources by sharing knowledge to promote environmental stewardship; provide technical training and support; and gather and disseminate information to member tribes.

NAEPC Overview NAEPC Tribes NAEPC provides services to an area of over 1000 miles. The Bear River Rancheria is the most northern in California Campo is the most southern in California Moapa is our first Nevada Tribe and Santa Clara is our first New Mexico tribe When will your tribe join?

NAEPC Overview Cahuilla Band of Indians Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Jamul Indian Village La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians La Posta Band of Mission Indians Bear River Rohnerville Rancheria Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Indians Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Moapa Band of Paiutes Morongo Band of Mission Indians Pala Band of Mission Indians Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians Ramona Band of Cahuilla Rincon Luiseno Band of Mission Indians San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians Santa Clara Pueblo Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

NAEPC Overview Earth Day Environmental Education for all Ages Professional Training for Staff Information Networking between tribes Advocate for environmental justice Partnerships/Collaborations Disseminate information to Member Tribes US Mexico Border Issues Website Underground Storage Tank (UST)Inspector Hazwoper Classroom In-the-field

NAEPC AWQMS PARTICIPATING TRIBES Chemehuevi Indian Tribe La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians La Posta EPA Morongo Band of Mission Indians Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Looking for 2 or 3 more!

Project Overview Provide participants improved exchange of and access to high quality water quality data.

Project Overview Adopt and enhance the Ambient Water Quality Monitoring System (AWQMS) Provide proper training WQX exchange network flow Use of AWQMS

Project Overview Assist tribes Import Data into AWQMS Flow data to WQX via the Exchange Network Configure and use AWQMS QC Thresholds

Project Overview Enhance AWQMS Improve Data QA/QC Tools Publish Data Via EPA Virtual Node Improve Data Analysis Tools Share Enhancements with AWQMS Community

Project Accomplishments Configured 5 tribal programs and their users in AWQMS. Coordinated AWQMS  WQX “flow” for participants Two on-site, multi-day, hands-on AWQMS/WQX training events

Project Accomplishments Several in-depth AWQMS/WQX webinars covering advanced topics One-on-one remote support and assistance Importing data into AWQMS Using AWQMS QA Tools Using AWQMS Data Analysis Tools Flowing data to WQX

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Thank you! Jeffrey Lyon Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. 505-367-4222 Office jlyon@enipc.org Alex Heppner AWQMS / Gold Systems 412-491-9421 Office alexh@goldsystems.com

Project Accomplishments 1,792 Activities in AWQMS 19,517 Results in AWQMS 1,552 Activities submitted to WQX 15,858 Results submitted to WQX

Project Accomplishments Added QA tools for identifying & correcting inconsistent metadata “en masse” Characteristic Name Activity Type Activity Collection Method Activity Time Zone (Start & End)

Project Accomplishments Added QA tools for identifying & correcting inconsistent metadata “en masse” Activity Equipment & Comment Activity Collection Method Activity Media and Subdivision Result Value Type

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Project Accomplishments Added AWQMS Virtual Node Publishing Services getProjects getLocations getResults getMetrics getIndexes

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Project Next Steps Continue Training & Webinars Continue remote assistance Release AWQMS v6 Code Named “Magnum” Data Analysis Improvements Region 9 WQAR Improve Biological Analysis

Other Ongoing AWQMS Work Leverage EPA Water Quality Portal for combined data analysis GIS “Web Feature Service” (WFS) for integration with GIS tools

Other Ongoing AWQMS Work Continuous Monitoring Data Improved importing & management tools Improved Data Analysis & Interactivity

Other Ongoing AWQMS Work Assessments Improved meta-data management Improved Assessment Decision Support

Jill Sherman-Warne, Executive Director Native American Environmental Protection Coalition 951-296-5595 jill@naepc.com Mark LeBaron Director, Project Management Sr. Systems Analyst Gold Systems, Inc. 801-456-6145 markl@goldsystems.com

Supplemental Slides

AWQMS: An Exchange Network Success Story More Result data in WQX than via any other single source 17% of Result data in WQX flowed to WQX via AWQMS

AWQMS: An Exchange Network Success Story 73 tribal organizations flow data to WQX using AWQMS. 31% of tribal organizations that flow data to WQX, are using AWQMS

AWQMS: An Exchange Network Success Story 188 organizations use AWQMS to flow data to WQX. 26% of Organizations that flow data to WQX, are using AWQMS!

AWQMS Strategic Plan Continuous Monitoring Data Ability for dataset “adjustments” Add flexibility in periodic summaries sent to WQX EPA Central Sensor Catalog Become a “Data Appliance”

AWQMS Strategic Plan Assessments Capture & Manage Assessments Tied to Water Quality data Submit assessments to ATTAINS via Exchange Network

AWQMS Strategic Plan Integrated Data Review Process Review dataset Software assisted identification of potential issues Individual or batch adjudication

AWQMS Strategic Plan Event Analysis Capture and manage “events” During data analysis be able to visualize data in context of events