2022 National Training Workshop on Water Quality Data, Assessment, and Plans — Presentations and Materials

Pre-Workshop Webinars

ATTAINS 101 -- Wendy Reid (EPA HQ) and Selena Medrano (EPA R6)

CWA 303(d) 101 -- Traci Iott (CT) and Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ)

 

Session 1: National Updates

DATA: A Year in 3 Slides -- Dwane Young (EPA HQ)

CWA 303(d) Program Vision -- Traci Iott (CT) and Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ)

Addressing Climate Change in the Office of Water -- Stephanie Santell (EPA HQ)

Climate Change and the 303(d) Program -- Dylan Laird (EPA HQ)

 

Session 2: Data and Analysis

State-Scale Probability Surveys: An Overview -- Garrett Stillings (EPA HQ)

The Value of Published Data -- Jason Jones (AZ)

New/Recently Updated Resources for Data Use in the 303(d) Program -- Emily Cira (EPA HQ)

Supporting an Improved Modeling Framework -- Dwane Young (EPA HQ)

Internet of Water: Better Water Data for Better Water Decisions -- Peter Colohan (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)

USEPA/OW Survey Design Tool

USEPA/NARS Population Estimate Shiny Tool

River Runner (video)

 

Session 3: Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover

Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover: Maine DEP Succession Planning -- Susanne Meidel (ME)

Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover -- Barbara Bennett (CO)

Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover in New Mexico -- Heidi Henderson (NM)

Morongo Band of Mission Indians Environmental Protection Department Planning for Staff Changes -- Kimberly Miller (Morongo Band of Mission Indians)

Outline for Maine Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of WQ Program Guidance

Maine Lake Stormwater Compensation Fund Program Guidance

A Brief List of Some Nationally Available Educational/Training Resources

 

Session 5: Environmental Justice and Equity

Environmental Justice and the 303(d) Program -- Sara Schwartz (EPA HQ)

Integration of Environmental Justice Concerns into 303(d) and Other CWA Programs in Connecticut -- Traci Iott (CT)

Advancing Environmental Justice and Equity in the Region 4 Water Division -- Bonita C. Johnson (EPA R4)

 

Session 6: Breakouts I

ATTAINS: A Training on Entering Actions 

ATTAINS: A Training on Entering Actions -- Wendy Reid (EPA HQ) and Selena Medrano (EPA R6)

Actions Batch Upload Handout

 

General Data Management Tips

General Data Management Tips -- Adam Griggs (EPA HQ), Laura Shumway (EPA HQ) & Dwane Young (EPA HQ)

 

How to Manage GIS Data

How to Manage GIS Data -- Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) & Shelly Thawley (EPA HQ)

 

How Tribes Can Use the CWA to Protect Their Water Resources

Overview of CWA Programs -- Jim Havard (EPA HQ)

ITO CWA § 106 & 319 Activities -- Kerstien McMurl (Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma)

Morongo's Tribal Water Program -- Kimberly Miller (Morongo Band of Mission Indians)

Southern Ute Indian Tribe CWA Program Overview -- Rachel Vaughn (Southern Ute Indian Tribe)

Skokomish Water Quality Program -- Seth Book (Skokomish Indian Tribe)

 

Litigation on CWA 303(d) Listing and TMDLs

303(d) Litigation Highlights (2021-22) -- Tom Glazer, Alec Mullee, Elise O’Dea, Andrea Priest (EPA HQ)

 

Climate Change and TMDLs: Theory and Practice

Climate Change and TMDLs: Theory and Practice EPA Staff Considerations -- James Hogan (EPA HQ)

Planning for Future Change: Michigan's Statewide E. coli TMDL -- Molly Rippke (MI)

 

An Introduction to Long-Term Planning and Prioritization Tools

Using the Recovery Potential Screening Tool to Support Planning and Prioritization -- Emily Cira (EPA HQ) & Andy Somor (Cadmus)

Using Geospatial Indicators of Watershed Condition to Support Freshwater Conservation Actions -- Ryan Hill (EPA ORD), Luisa Riato (ORISE Fellow), and Marc Weber (EPA ORD)

 

Session 7: Breakouts II

ATTAINS and How’s My Waterway: A Secret Sauce Training

ATTAINS and How's My Waterway: Secret Sauce -- Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) & Dwane Young (EPA HQ)

Handout 1: Navigating ATTAINS Using the Web Addresses

Handout 2: Fixing Delistings

Handout 3: Batch Upload

Handout 4: Accessing Data

ATTAINS Data in How’s My Waterway 2.0

 

The Basics of Assessment

Considerations for Analyzing Data such as: Quality Assurance, Finding Readily Available Data to Supplement Analysis, and Comparing Data against Criteria -- Laura Shumway (EPA HQ) and Selena Medrano (EPA R6)

All of the Modules and Exercises

 

How Continuous Monitoring Data Are Being Used in Assessments

Continuous Data and Assessments in Pennsylvania -- Mark Hoger (PA)

New Mexico and the Assessment of Continuous Monitoring Data -- Meredith Zeigler (NM)

Continuous Water Quality Data – New Jersey’s Story -- Biswarup (Roop) Guha (NJ)

 

State-Tribal Collaboration in Solving Water Quality Problems

South Fork Nooksack Temperature TMDL: Nooksack Indian Tribe’s Contribution to Co-Production of Actionable Science -- Oliver Grah (Nooksack Indian Tribe)

 

Modeling Approaches for Considering Climate Change

Modeling Approaches for Considering Climate Change -- Kevin Kirsch (WI)

Incorporating Climate Change into Temperature TMDLs: S.F. Nooksack River Case Study -- James Kardouni (WA)

Assessment and Management of Climate Change in the Chesapeake TMDL -- Lew Linker (EPA CBP)

 

Evaluating the Effectiveness of TMDLs and Other Restoration Plans

Evaluating the Water Quality Effects of TMDL Implementation -- Adam Schempp (ELI)

Performance Monitoring for TMDLs and Alternatives in Indiana -- Angie Brown (IN)

Ecology's Effectiveness Monitoring Program -- Scott Collyard (WA) and Ben Rau (WA)

Nonpoint Source Monitoring Objectives and Basic Designs -- Cyd Curtis (EPA HQ) and Paul Thomas (EPA R5)

 

Session 8: Breakouts III

Water Quality Exchange (WQX) Ladders

WQX Ladders -- Adam Griggs (EPA HQ)

How Arizona Uses External Data -- Jason Jones (AZ)

Arizona Water Watch Volunteer Data Process -- Meghan Smart (AZ)

Arizona Water Watch

Toolbox of Arizona Water Watch Survey123 Coding for All Program Apps 


Deeper Dive on Web Services

Deeper Dive on Web Services -- Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ) & Dwane Young (EPA HQ)

 

Automation Tools in Support of Assessments: Data Harmonization

Automation Tools In Support of Assessments: Intro to TADA -- Shelly Thawley (EPA HQ)

QAQC Web Services -- Kevin Christian (EPA HQ)

Tools for Automated Data Assessment -- Cristina Mullin (EPA HQ)

TADA R Package

STOrage and RETrieval and Water Quality eXchange Domain Services and Downloads

 

Pursuing Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS) Authority for CWA 303(d)

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads -- Dylan Laird (EPA HQ)

 

The Draft CWA 303(d) Vision: Materials and Trainings for Implementation

The Draft CWA 303(d) Vision: Materials and Trainings for Implementation -- Richard Cochran (TN), Rosaura Conde (EPA HQ), Eric Monschein (EPA HQ) & Jasper Hobbs (ACWA)

 

TMDL Revisions: Examples and Lessons

Making Changes to an Approved TMDL -- Chris Hunter (EPA HQ)

An Overview of TMDL Revisions -- Ansel Bubel (FL)

Low Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Revisions -- Mike Kruse (MO)

State of Oregon Experience -- James Bloom (OR)

 

Communicating about Climate Change: Breaking It Down to Basics in the Water Quality Context

Talking about the Effects of Climate Change in the Water Quality Context

 

Session 9: Communicating Successes 

Success Stories -- Courtney Botelho (NEIWPCC) and Jeff Berckes (Flip the Field)

Communicating TMDL Progress: Water Quality Report Cards Part 1 -- Beverley Anderson-Abbs (CA)

Communicating TMDL Progress: Water Quality Report Cards Part 2 -- Lisa Bernard (CA)

Not Your Typical Success Story -- Emily Zanon (MN)

Communicating Success with How's My Waterway -- Kiki Schneider (EPA HQ)

MPCA's Water Stories

Lake Pepin's Watershed Tri-Fold