Introduction to the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program and Vision - Traci Iott, Connecticut, and Rosaura Conde, EPA HQ
Session 1: Breakouts I
Emerging Contaminants and Toxics: Using Narrative Criteria in Assessments and Restoration Plans
► Emerging Contaminants and Toxics: Using Narrative Criteria in Assessments and Restoration Plans - Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
► Developing Endpoints in PCB TMDLs: Making Use of Virginia's Narrative Criteria - Anne Schegel, Virginia
Approaches to Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans in a Changing Climate
► Vision Climate Change Focus Area Annotated - Jim Havard, EPA HQ
► 303(d) Listing and Climate Change - Teagan Rostock, EPA HQ
► Climate Change Considerations when Prioritizing, Developing, and Implementing TMDLs - Kristy Fortman, EPA R8
► Lessons and Approaches from Regional Monitoring Network Sites - Britta Bierwagen, EPA HQ
Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development
► Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development - Miranda Chien-Hale, EPA HQ
► Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development - Barbara Bennett, Colorado
► Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations Into Rhode Island TMDL Development - Steve Winnett and Olivia Lopez, EPA R1, and Jane Sawyers, Rhode Island
Tribal Water Quality Assessment: Methods and Tools
► Telling the Story: Assessment of Your Monitoring Data to Make Determinations About the Condition of Your Water Quality - Rob Cook, EPA R6
► Assessment Methodologies and 106 Monitoring: Making the Most of the Data You Already Have - Rainee Tetreault, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
► Tribal Water Quality Assessment: What is ATTAINS? - Kayla Bowe, Red Lake Nation
► Using Water Quality Assessment for Protection of Skokomish Reservation Waters - Seth Book and Alena Reynolds, Skokomish Indian Tribe
Participatory Science and Planning for External Data
► Participatory Science and Managing for External Data - Adam Griggs, EPA HQ
► Alabama Water Watch - Jennifer Haslbauer, Alabama
► Volunteer Water Monitoring Program - Waverly Reibel, Minnesota
Volunteer Water Monitoring Program Website
Volunteer Water Monitoring Online Training
Volunteer Water Monitoring Reflections Annual Yearbook 2023
How to Use EPA's Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) R Shiny Application to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Harmonize Water Quality Portal Data
► Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) - Hillary Marler, EPA HQ
Session 2: Breakouts II
Using Stressor Identification When There Are No Applicable Numeric Criteria: Experiences and Lessons
► Kentucky's Casual Analysis for Assessing Waters with Narrative Criteria: A More Informed and Reproducible Approach - Katie McKone and Nick Reif, Kentucky
► Statistical Guidelines Development for: TP, TN, and TSS (Sedimentation/Siltation) - Abel Haile and Donna Keclik, Illinois
► Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process - Becky Monahan and Bel Martinez da Matta, Maryland
Biological Assessment Methodology for Non-Tidal Wadeable Streams
Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process (2014)
Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process (2009)
Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans
► Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans - Cam McNutt, North Carolina
► Storm Event Sampling: Monitoring Strategies, Challenges and Assessment Protocols - Eileen Campbell and Sarah Acquah, Minnesota
► Evaluating Bacteria Storm Samples in the Assessment - Justin Donahue, Washington
► Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans - Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin
“A Plan by Any Name…”: Coordination Between the CWA 303(d) and Nonpoint Source Programs
► Coordination Between the CWA 303(d) and Nonpoint Source Programs - Cyd Curtis and Justin Drew, EPA HQ
► Utah Division of Water Quality Protection Section - Jodi Gardberg, Utah
► CNMI Nonpoint Source 5-Yr. Management Plan - Olivia Tenorio, Northern Mariana Islands
“An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure”
► "An Ounce of Protection is Worth A Pound of Cure": Advancing Watershed Protection in the CWA 303(d) and 319 Programs - Miranda Chien-Hale and Elise Turrietta, EPA HQ, and Kati Carberry, EPA R10
► Protection Planning in 303(d) Program: Examples from Connecticut - Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Protection Plans in Texas - Nicole Hall, Texas
Continuous Monitoring: Tools and Approaches
► Continuous Monitoring: Tools and Approaches - Adam Griggs, EPA HQ
► Waterbody Monitoring with Machine Learning Modeling - Britta Bierwagen, EPA HQ
► R-based Tools to Perform Quality Control Procedures, Summarize, and Visualize Continuous Sensor Data - Britta Bierwagen, EPA HQ
How to Use EPA's Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) R Package and Other Packages to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Harmonize Water Quality Portal Data (for R Users)
► Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) - Hillary Marler, EPA HQ
Session 5: Breakouts III
Environmental Justice in Monitoring and Assessment
► Environmental Justice & Water Quality Monitoring - Susan Holdsworth, EPA HQ
► Environmental Justice in Monitoring and Assessment - Miranda Chien-Hale, EPA HQ
The Recovery Potential Screening (RPS) Tool: Recent Developments and Various Uses
► Using the Recovery Potential Screening Tool To Support Planning and Prioritization - Beth Smith and Justin Drew, EPA HQ, and Andy Somor, The Cadmus Group
► Utah's Prioritization 2.0: Approach to Protection and Restoration Planning - Jodi Gardberg, Utah
► New Jersey Recovery Potential Screening Tool - Claire Huang-Lindabury, New Jersey
► Advancing Equity in the CWA §319 Program - Ellie Flaherty, EPA HQ
Developing TMDLs in Ways That Lead to More Seamless Collaboration and Implementation
► Developing TMDLs in Ways that Lead to More Seamless Collaboration and Implementation - Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin
► Assisting MS4 Permittees with WLA documentation - Andrea Plevan, Minnesota
Blue Earth River Watershed TMDL Report
Guidance and Examples for Using the MPCA Estimator
► Washington State's TMDL Template - Ben Rau, Washington
Program Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Changes: Processes, Procedures, and Available Resources
► Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the 303(d) Program: Examples From Practice - Adam Schempp, ELI
► Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover: Processes, Procedures, and Available Resources - Margaret Aguilar and Louise Pascua, Guam
► Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Changes: A Tribal Perspective - Kayla Bowe, Red Lake Nation
► Adapting to Staff Changes and New Staff Training - Abel Haile and Christine Davis, Illinois
► Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Clean Water Academy
Pennsylvania's Assessment Methodology for Streams and Rivers
Pennsylvania's Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers
How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools
► How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools - Jesse Boorman-Padgett, EPA HQ
Build Automated Data Dashboards, Maps, and Apps Using the Water Quality Portal’s NEW WQX 3.0 Services
Session 6: CWA 303(d) Prioritization Frameworks and Cross-Program Coordination
► Planning Across CWA Programs - Rosaura Conde, EPA HQ
► Cross Program Coordination: A Year in the Life of a State's Environmental Programs - Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Planning and Prioritization: 2022 Vision Prioritization Frameworks - Teagan Rostock, EPA HQ
► Think Statewide - Act Locally (Implementing Michigan's Vision 1.0) - Molly Rippke, Michigan