Utah s Water Quality Data

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1 Utah s Water Quality Data K A T E T I P P L E D E Q D I V I S I O N O F W A T E R Q U A L I T Y J O R D A N R I V E R W A T E R S H E D C O U N C I L M E E T I N G F E B R U A R Y 2 2,

2 Data: From River to Database MONITORING FOR DATA DATA MANAGEMENT FUTURE GOALS

3 Monitoring for Data CWA Requirements Strategic Monitoring Plan Cooperative Monitoring

4 Monitoring for Clean Water Act DWQ is responsible for implementing and enforcing Clean Water Act Monitoring is performed to: Assess conditions Set state standards Ensure current health and environmental standards are met

5 Monitoring for Clean Water Act Timeframe CWA Requirement Objective Integrated Report Due April 1 st of even number years (e.g. 2002, 2004) 40 CFR 130.8(b)(2) and 130.8(b)(1) Section 314(a)(1)(F) Section 303(d) 305(b) Reporting. The primary assessment of state water quality; leads to the development of water quality management plans. Clean Lake Report. State reports on the status and trends of water quality in lakes 303(d) List. State identifies waters that are impaired; causes and sources of impairment, prioritizes waters targeted for TMDL development Nonpoint Source Grants Report Quality Assurance TMDL Groundwater Reporting Permitting Required annually Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Section 319(h)(11) 40 CFR Section 303(d) N/A Inspection Reports The State reports on the activities, summary of projects, environmental accomplishments, federal consistency, status of grants, reductions in nonpoint source loadings. Water quality monitoring included in 305(b) report. Ensures reliability of the procedures used to obtain data for all reports. The TMDL section prepares a report identifying the cause(s) and source(s) of the impairment, the amount of each pollutant that comes from point sources and nonpoint sources, the background or natural component of the pollutant is also quantified, allocation of reduction and establishment of endpoints. Utah Geological Survey Aquifer Classification Reports (DWQ reviews), Water- Resources Investigation Reports (Prepared by USGS with cooperation of the DWQ). Uniform Enforcement Oversight System (UEOS) Report

6 UDWQ s Strategic Monitoring Plan A Tiered and Adaptive Framework

7 UDWQ s Strategic Monitoring Plan A Rotating Basin Approach Water year October 1 through September 30 Jordan River-Utah Lake Basins sampled 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

8 UDWQ s Cooperative Monitoring Exchange State DOH Laboratory resources for field sampling efforts Annual training, guidance, SOP documentation Cooperators operate under DWQ s QAPP State manages data Salt Lake County Salt Lake City Central Utah Water Conservation District Jordan River/Farmington Bay Water Quality Council

9 UDWQ s Data Management Data Management History Quality Assurance New Data Management Data Validation Database Use

10 UDWQ s Data Management History Local Version of STORET Software-dependent Data request -driven sharing No longer supported by EPA Replaced with Water Quality Exchange - WQX

11 UDWQ s Quality Assurance DEQ Quality Management Plan (QMP) DWQ Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Project/Program Sampling Analysis Plans (SAPs) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Documentation online after March 15,

12 UDWQ s Data Management AWQMS/WQX Utah installed out-of-the-box AWQMS database Web-based application Migrated all historic data Parallel to EPA s WQX database Currently in-development to add enhancements Data validation tools Data query tools..and more AWQMS User s Community Community Software approach

13 UDWQ s Data Validation Streamlined data processing Automated validation Data Status: Preliminary v. Final Internal threshold analyses Variety of access rights Flexible design

14 UDWQ s Database Use Submit data to EPA Internal access to data for CWA reporting needs External access to Cooperators for data submission and data access Manage and store data

15 DWQ Macroinvertebrate Data E. coli Data Additional Biological and Physical Data QC QC QC Cooperators Field Data Field Data QC QC Lab Chemistry Data QC UDWQ s Database Validation QC E. coli Data Internal Data Users EPA s WQX Database External Data Users Cooperative Data Users

16 UDWQ s Database A demonstration of the new DWQ Database

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40 UDWQ s Goals Data Collection Volunteer monitoring Field audits Long-term monitoring instrumentation SAPs Data Management Public access to database Credible data criteria

41 Thank you!

42 UDWQ Contacts J A M E S H A R R I S J A M E S H A R R I U T A H. G O V K A T E T I P P L E K T I P P L U T A H. G O V T R I S H A J O H N S O N T B J O H N S O U T A H. G O V

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