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Developing Procedures for Water Quality Reporting for National Parks

Developing Procedures for Water Quality Reporting for National Parks. Adventures in Redeveloping Procedures for Water Quality Reporting in National Park Units. Dean Tucker and Michael Matz, National Park Service Charles Spooner, Environmental Protection Agency

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Developing Procedures for Water Quality Reporting for National Parks

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  1. Developing Procedures for Water Quality Reporting for National Parks Adventures in Redeveloping Procedures for Water Quality Reporting in National Park Units Dean Tucker and Michael Matz, National Park Service Charles Spooner, Environmental Protection Agency Dwane Young and Randy Dodd, RTI, International Robert Deffenbaugh and Cindy McKay, Horizon Systems Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

  2. The National Park Service cares for 384 National Park Units in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands. Salem Maritime National Historic Site, MA

  3. Places with faces… Mount Rushmore National Memorial, SD Channel Islands National Park, CA Yellowstone National Park, WY

  4. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND …and wide open spaces.

  5. Places where you can walk the battlefield that changed the tide of the Civil War… Gettysburg National Military Park, PA

  6. …or learn about the man who made civil rights a reality. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, GA

  7. Places that help us remember the pain… Andersonville National Historic Site, GA

  8. …the people… Lincoln Memorial, DC

  9. …and the places that forged the American character. Fort Clatsop National Memorial, OR

  10. Places that help us learn from ancient civilizations... Mesa Verde National Park, CO

  11. …and get away from civilization altogether. Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

  12. Places with inspiring stories... Statue of Liberty / Ellis Island National Monument, NY

  13. …and places that give us stories to tell. Virgin Islands National Park, VI

  14. Jean LaFitteNational Historical Park and Preserve The center is located at 419 Decatur Street in the French Quarter.   The center is a site of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, established in 1978 to help preserve and interpret the cultural diversity of the Mississippi Delta region.  Rangers at the French Quarter Visitor Center can provide information about other park sites, facilities, and programs. Call (504) 589-2636 for further information. French Quarter Visitor Center In New Orleans

  15. The Mission The National Park System Caring for the American Legacy "...to promote and regulate the use of the...national parks...which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." National Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.S.C.1.

  16. Water Resources of theNational Park System • 137,400 miles of rivers & streams • 1,550 miles of CWA 303(d) impaired rivers & streams

  17. Water Resources of theNational Park System • 5,024,000 acres of lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and marine areas • 742,260 acres of CWA 303(d) impaired lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, and marine areas

  18. 110 Parks Contain CWA 303(d) Impaired Waters

  19. National Park Service Water Quality Management • CWA governs WQ in the NPS • Seek ONRW or OSRW status • Condition NPDES permits • Cooperate with external land managers • Restoration and/or mitigation • Evaluate existing data and collect new data

  20. National Park Service Water Quality Management • Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program • Water Quality Data • Water Body Location and Classification • Natural Resource Challenge – Water Quality – Vital Signs Networks

  21. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Reports Goal: “...to provide descriptive water quality information in a format usable for resource management and park planning in furtherance of the NPS’ mission.”

  22. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Reports Objectives: • To retrieve water quality and related data from the EPA’s STORET and other data systems; • To develop a complete inventory of retrieved data; • To characterize period-of-record, annual, and seasonal central tendencies and trends with descriptive statistics and appropriate graphics;

  23. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Reports Objectives: • To compare water quality data with relevant EPA and WRD screening criteria; • To determine the presence/absence of “Level I” water quality data; and • To establish a park (and national) water quality database • To guide new monitoring efforts

  24. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Reports Status: • 234 Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Reports at parks • http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/horizon.htm • Need to prepare reports for 40 more parks

  25. Redeveloping Report Procedures • Modernized STORET • Legacy STORET • USGS NWIS • Other Sources

  26. Problems/Issues/Editorials • Limited to 30,000 results retrieved from modernized STORET Web Warehouse • STORET Web Warehouse doesn’t contain all the data in STORET

  27. Problems/Issues/Editorials • NPS will run copies of National STORET and STORET Web Warehouse on its servers (also Legacy STORET) • Periodic refreshes from EPA

  28. 36˚ 51’ 51.98’’ Display Results Grand Canyon National Park and Study Area Create Max/Min Lat/Lon Bounding Rectangle Retain Only those Stations and Results from the Study Area Pull Data from Modernized and Legacy STORET, NWIS, and Other Sources 113˚ 58’ 55.65’’ 111˚ 35’ 58.32’’ 35˚ 45’ 2.57’’ Retrieval Example for Grand Canyon National Park

  29. Problems/Issues/Editorials • Characteristics vs. Parameter Codes • Remark Codes • Units of Measure

  30. Medium Matrix Fraction Field/Lab Unit of Measure Temperature Basis Duration Basis Weight Basis Statistic Type Particle Basis Additional Info* Method Value Type CAS Number Parameter Code/Characteristic Harmonization Adopt Modernized STORET’s “normalized” approach: *Additional Info isn’t a field in Modernized STORET

  31. Parameter Code/Characteristic Harmonization • 424 Parameter Codes from Legacy STORET • 524 Parameter Codes from NWIS • Map to characteristic name or pseudo-characteristic name and up to 14 attributes Nitrogen organic (1275), Water, Total, Lab, mg/l

  32. Remark Code Harmonization • Remark codes from Legacy STORET and NWIS mapped to appropriate report database fields Legacy STORET Remark Codes ‘A’ = Value is the mean of two or more determinations Set: • Value Type: Calculated • Statistic Type: Mean NWIS Remark Codes ‘<‘ = Actual value is known to be less than the value shown Set: • Detection Limit: the result value • Result Value as Text: *Non-detect • Result Value: Null

  33. Units of Measure • Legacy STORET and NWIS Parameter Code Units of Measure will be converted to the EPA’s “Standard Units” for the characteristic. • Standardized Units of Measure from all data sources will be converted to Preferred Units based on characteristic and medium.

  34. Characteristic Permutations (CP Codes) CP Code Description • Result records will include 28 character CP Codes

  35. Other Database Standardization Features • Unique autogenerated Station IDs based on location • Removal of duplicate data • Data QC (erroneous values, etc.)

  36. Process Schematic to Generate an Integrated Access Database Define a Study Area Query Web or Local Servers Compile Data Integrate/Harmonize Data, Remove Duplicates, QC Create Integrated Access Database

  37. Generate Tables and Graphics, Compile Report Station/Characteristic Period of Record Tabulation Individual Station Descriptive Statistics Individual Station Box & Whiskers Plots

  38. Generate Tables and Graphics, Compile Report • 20+ complex tables in Microsoft Word • Time Series, Seasonal and Annual Box & Whisker Plots • Hyperlinks • Compiled together into one document, then converted to Adobe PDF. • Invented new technology to make it work • Broke down report into its individual components, with each component having properties

  39. Summary • National Parks managed to leave resources unimpaired • Water quality in at least 110 units of the National Park System is impaired • Baseline Water Quality Reports • Prelude to additional inventory & monitoring activities • Share documented data in an open system Jean LaFitte National Historical Park and Preserve – Barataria Unit

  40. Contact Info:Dean F. Tucker(970)-225-3516Dean_Tucker@NPS.GOVMichael M. Matz(970)-225-3514Mike_Matz@Partner.NPS.GOV

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