1. EPAs Vision for STORET and the Role of STORET in Water Quality Management Programs

2. Agency information efforts Office of Water information efforts Water Quality Monitoring program and STORET Ongoing STORET work

3. Agency Information Efforts

4. Office of Water Information Efforts

5. Business analysis Data “classes” OW business need for monitoring data and information Decision that STORET is the sole database for monitoring data –Migration of data OW commitment to STORET

6. Water Quality Monitoring Programs

7. How many of you organizationally sit in Water Monitoring Programs?

8. Why are Water Monitoring Programs important? Feedback on water quality management decisions

9. How are Water Monitoring Programs changing? Shared data and information Requires metadata Decisions using monitoring data have legal implications

10. WATERS: Watershed Assessment, Tracking, & Environmental Results Reach Address Database NHD Reach Indexing Tool Internet NHD WQS Database STORET National Assessment Database TMDL Tracking System GRTS 303(d) Events TMDL Events 305(b) Events WQS Events STORET Events GRTS Events

11. New Guidance Documents 2002 Integrated Reporting Guidance CALM (Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology) Elements of a State Monitoring Program

12. The Elements of a State Monitoring Program Monitoring Program Strategy Quality Assurance Monitoring Objectives Monitoring Design Core Indicators of Water Quality Data Management Data Analysis/Assessment (CALM) Reporting Programmatic Evaluation General Support and Infrastructure

13. Office of Water memo: EPA contracts will require use of STORET, and grant requirements will be phased in.

14. States use section 106 and 319 grants to upload monitoring data.

15. Ongoing STORET Work Some data-providing organizations are unable to run STORET locally. Need all available water quality monitoring data Goal: –Create alternative process for States and other organizations to send monitoring data to OW

16. STORET Pilot Project Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) water quality data standard –http://wi.water.usgs.gov/pmethods/elements/elements.html Develop XML schema Send data through CDX to STORET –Participants: NM, VA, OR, FL, USGS Test with two states early next year

17. Contact Information Margarete Heber, Chief Monitoring Branch (202) 260-7144 Leo Gueriguian (202) 260-2557