GIS Use at the EPA Bob Kirkland and Angel Kosfiszer, Water Quality Protection Division David Parrish, Superfund Division, U.S.EPA, Dallas, Texas

Overview Public Access Applications Air Quality Studies Emergency Response Water Quality Studies Who ya gonna call?

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Air Quality Back Trajectories The first slide shows the top 12 8-hour ozone days at the Houston Bayland Park site (in west Houston) and the 24-hour back trajectories going back from the end hour of each of the 12 days 8-hour ozone peaks.

Hurricane Katrina Response Field Data Collection PDA linked with GPS to collect standardized information from the field Synched to central database each day Integrated with GIS for updated status maps

Mission Assignment Progress Chart

…GIS and the Water Quality Division “Support Regional watershed protection and restoration efforts and help achieve the goals, priorities, and objectives for the Regional water program. ”

… Assessment of Waters

… Prioritization of Restoration Efforts

… Trend Analysis

… Support for Enforcement Efforts

EPA-Who ya gonna call? Click- Geodata.epa.gov David Parrish- 214.665.8352 parrish.david@epa.gov Angel Kosfiszer- 214.665.2187 kosfiszer.angel@epa.gov Bob Kirkland- 214.665.6798 kirkland.robert@epa.gov