National Water Quality Monitoring Network Design Inventory Activities

2 Inventory Workgroup JeradBalesUSGS Valerie Connor CA State Water Resources Control Board Joseph J. DelfinoUniversity of Florida Charles DvorskyTexas Carlton HaywoodInterstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Dan HooverUniversity of Hawaii Letise Houser University of Delaware Robin S. Knox Water Quality Consulting, Inc. Seth MakepeaceCSKT Hydrologist Ed SantoroDRBC Peter L. SattlerInterstate Environmental Commission Joe Schubauer-BeriganEPA DerekSmitheeASIWPCA Charles SpoonerEPA BeckyWeidmanNEIWPCC Tamim YounosVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marjorie ErnstNOAA

3 Inventory Activities Goal: Inventory existing monitoring to allow the Design Workgroup to:  Define what should be adopted as a part of the Network  Define what needs to be added to build the Network More coverage More uniform procedures Better data access

4 Inventory Activities Goal: Inventory existing monitoring to allow the Steering Committee to:  Lay the groundwork for addressing other issues: A process of “affiliation” with the Network Future reports of the Network’s status

5 The Ideal Inventory Covers monitoring that spans freshwater, coastal and marine resources Structured to cover four dimensions:  Ownership  Location  Content (and timing)  Procedures (and approach) Prioritized Data Collections: Collects data that are useful, but not burdensome to produce Illustrates thoroughness, but will never be complete

6 Ways to Find Monitoring Programs By Ownership By Location By Procedures By Content

7 Find Them By Ownership Inventories emphasizing program ownership find the large, well established agency efforts Location Procedures Content

8 Find Them By Content Programs that stress specific content, specific media, or specific purposes. These are often associated with research. Ownership Location Procedures

9 Inventories based on common procedures focus on users of shared data systems, users of specialized instruments, or practitioners of specific approaches By Their Use of Common Procedures

10 By Location Inventories by location stress diverse regional programs

11 By Location Location reveals small but important examples of

12 Location-Based Case Studies  NW Atlantic Coastal Monitoring Consortium  Chesapeake Bay Program  Gulf of Mexico/ Mississippi Watershed  Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership

13 Locational inventories can also focus on different zones, or levels Location The Inventory Roadmap

14 The Inventory Roadmap Workgroup Priorities – A Tiered Approach  Focuses first using Existing inventories Ownership - Major programs Locations - Case Studies  Then focus on location of sites  Then focus on Constituents monitored Procedures  Metadata  Data access

15 The Status Today Draft Inventory Format Delaware River Basin Colorado and other State/Regional Water monitoring council Inventories Monitoring Council NOAA Existing inventories State monitoring programs  Pope Report  ASIWPCA Survey Long Island Sound NOAA Planned surveys National Estuary Programs

16 Where to stop? We can’t cover everything We don’t want to collect data we don’t use

17 The Roadmap to the Future We believe that a Registry of Monitoring Programs will be a feature of the new Network  Perhaps as a part of the process of “affiliation” with the Network  Our Inventories can help format the Registry  Network systems can help assemble data them  Continuing inventories will support future reports of the Network’s status

Inventory Activities Thank you !