1. Data Sharing: Progress Report National Water-Quality Monitoring Council July 20, 2004

2. Overall Workplan 1.Create web portal 2.Site common view 3.Sample common view 4.Result common view 5.Data standards Increasing Level of Difficulty

3. Window to My Environment EPA web site Integrates data EPA & USGS Map Interface

4. WME: Grand Canyon, AZ NWISWeb

5. Current Activities Site Type Common view Source-system upgrades Coordinated update of reference lists Improve aggregation frequency to discourage creation of stale data copies NWIS  NWISWeb improvements STORET vers. 3.0 requirements analysis

6. Rendezvous Science drives databases. Systems are evolving. Enhancements to data-sharing needs. Meet at portal.

7. Rendezvous Relay NWIS NWISWeb STORET STORET Warehouse Portal

8. 1.Cites barriers to QW coordination 2.Recommends lead organization 3.Endorses the “portal” concept Key Findings: GAO Report

9. Caveats Process will take time and resources. Improvements needed to source systems as well as the portal. Meanwhile, copying data is counterproductive.