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 2: Data and Analysis

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

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

Session 3: Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Turnover

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

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

Maine Lake Stormwater Compensation Fund Program Guidance

Session 4: Staff Diversity and Culture

Session 5: Environmental Justice and Equity

Session 6: Breakouts I

ATTAINS: A Training on Entering Actions 

General Data Management Tips

How to Manage GIS Data

How Tribes Can Use the CWA to Protect Their Water Resources

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

Litigation on CWA 303(d) Listing and TMDLs

Climate Change and TMDLs: Theory and Practice

An Introduction to Long-Term Planning and Prioritization Tools

Session 7: Breakouts II

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

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)

How Continuous Monitoring Data Are Being Used in Assessments

State-Tribal Collaboration in Solving Water Quality Problems

Modeling Approaches for Considering Climate Change

Evaluating the Effectiveness of TMDLs and Other Restoration Plans

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

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

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

Deeper Dive on Web Services

Automation Tools in Support of Assessments: Data Harmonization

QAQC Web Services -- Kevin Christian (EPA HQ)

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

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

TMDL Revisions: Examples and Lessons
 

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

Session 9: Communicating Successes 

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

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

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