New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection From STORET to WQX New Jersey’s Solution for Integrating Ambient Water Quality, Facility and GIS Information from Federal, State, County & Volunteer Organizations Harry Chen New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection November 28, 2007 Austin, TX

Project Purpose Integrate water quality data Streamline and simplify data transfer Provide better, more timely access to water quality data Aid decision-making Improve resource efficiency

Goals Develop an up to date, searchable inventory of ambient water quality monitoring in New Jersey Integrate ambient water quality monitoring data into NJDEP’s enterprise environmental data management system to enable more integrated environmental decisions Make NJ ambient water quality monitoring data available to the public Report ambient water quality monitoring data to USEPA

Project Partners NJDEP USGS Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring Bureau of Water Quality Standards and Assessment Division of Watershed Management Division of Science, Research, and Technology USGS Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) County Governments Volunteer Monitoring Organizations NJ Water Monitoring Coordinating Council (Inventory)

Existing Ambient Water Quality Data Producers

Existing NJDEP Data Entry Mechanisms Field Data Staff Staff FIBI dB Field Form AMNET Field/Hab dB Reformat Field/Habitat dB Text file Existing NJDEP Data Entry Mechanisms Keypunch Field Msr Habitat Sample Info MS Access Link Note: Proofreading and correction steps occur for all data, but are not shown due to space limitations. Bench Sheet AMNET Taxa dB Reformat Taxa dB Keypunch Taxa counts Text file Text file Make Final dB Field Form FIBI dB Extensive Manual Reformat Of Text File Keypunch Field Msr Habitat Taxa counts Sample Info Text file ODBC Connect Change Result Status To Final DHSS Chem Results Import e-file Chem Results Migrate NJ STORET FTP Oracle Export QC Labs Chem Results Lakes dB Reformat Lakes dB Delete Migration Import e-file Chem Results Text file Text file EPA Field Staff Field Form Data Staff Keypunch Field Msr Habitat Sample Info ODBC Connect Corrections Text file DHSS Chem Results Keypunch Chem Results Proofreading dB Others Text file Others QC Labs Chem Results Keypunch Chem Results Other Projects dBs Corrections Proofreading Reports Manual Proofreading Field Form Sample Tracking dB Keypunch Field Msr Sample Info

Water Quality Data Management Model

Core project components WQX data flow, consisting of the following Data-in: E2 WQX module with data validation Data transmission to and from COMPASS Data-out: NJ Water Monitoring Inventory / Data Portal Outbound data transmission to EPA CDX

High-Level Data Flow EPA CDX E2 COMPASS ENDS

Data System Integration COMPASS ENDS Data will be transmitted through each component using NJ’s Exchange Network NODE. Data will be transmitted through each component using NJ’s Exchange Network NODE.

Future Ambient Water Quality Data Producers 4 EPA & USGS Web Services

Data Submission Options Comma-Separated Values (or CSV; also known as a comma-separated list or comma-separated variables)

GIS Integration Monitoring Inventory Data Reports Link Web-based Maps NJ is committed to develop a national solution using EN Browser and NJ GeoWeb (iMap) ECOS: The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is the national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders.

GIS Proposals: EN Browser hosted by ECOS, a national solution NJ-GeoWeb, a NJ solution

EN Browser Web services data discovery tool Allows users to discover and execute Data Requests on Exchange Network Nodes Offers users the ability to remove (filter) unwanted sections of the XML data set returned from a Data Service Users have the option of choosing the format that they would like to retrieve the data in Can integrate with enterprise data reporting tools

NJ-GeoWeb A New Vision for Seeking Spatial Intelligence. Integrating customized GIS and analysis tools with enterprise databases for improved decision-making on the Internet.

Live Feeds from State Government “NJ-GeoWeb” Permitting Compliance Enforcement Clean & Plentiful Water Water/Sewer Infrastructure Water Allocation Storm Water Runoff Monitoring What’s in My Backyard Surveillance Inspections ePermits Regulated Sites Incident Mgmt Flood Mapping Endangered Species Data Server Sustainable Growth SDE Data Taking care of Business As a GIS grows and agencies begin to understand what data can be used by all departments, the central or foundation data sets will also grow: The more data made available => the more applications can be derived = the faster the rate of return on investment All agencies can benefit from GIS and all agencies can enhance the City’s GIS. Coordination is key with OMB’s involvement. Where departments are slow to open up their data sets (citing privacy, confidential, etc.) the presenter can convey that the departments can keep their data local (until there ready) to their machines while leveraging the data created. As data moves to a more open process…more departments can increase success and their applications through new data sets that they previously had no access to. Examples: No more separate database creation & maintenance by the individual departments. An example would be 1) the firemen accessing business license data from HHS or 2) MSDS from OEM to see what chemicals might be involved in a fire. Align Economic and Env. Goals Env. Sensitive Areas Green Technologies Economic Incentives Employment Info Revitalize and Redevelop Live Feeds from State Government L.awrence Thornton, NJDEP

WQDE Project Challenges Pulling data from USGS (web services in development) Pulling data from EPA (web services in development) Coordinating with a large number of project partners Requires compromise Re-engineering current reporting procedures, while designing new WQX reporting procedures How to teach an old dog new tricks?

Project Phases and Tasks: Business Process Analysis Functional Requirements Specification and System Design System Development, Data Preparation and Implementation Acceptance Testing User Training, Documentation and Outreach

Next Steps Complete System Design Programming and Development User Acceptance Testing Documentation and Training Production Deployment Send data to EPA Target Date: October 2008

Thanks! Contact Info: NJDEP- Office of Info Resources Management Name: Harry Chen Phone: (609)-633-1261 E-mail: Harry.Chen@dep.state.nj.us