2023 National Training Workshop on Water Quality Data, Assessment, and Plans — Presentations and Materials
Pre-Workshop Webinars
Session 1: Breakouts I
How to Assess/List Waters and Develop TMDLs with Narrative Nutrient Criteria
Environmental Justice: Achieving Meaningful Involvement
Advance Restoration Plans/5R and 4B Plans: Examples and EPA's Expectations
Evaluating TMDL Effectiveness: Getting the Necessary Data through Existing Means
ATTAINS: A Secret Sauce Training (Intermediate to Advanced)
Continuous Data Management Options and Tools
Session 2: Interagency Collaboration
Session 3: Data Resources and Communication Tools
What's New with How's My Waterway
The Internet of Water at EPA
The Criteria Search Tool & TADA
Mapping Tools: Leaflet and My Maps
Session 4: Incorporating Climate Change and Environmental Justice Considerations into Program Activities
Climate Change and the 303(d) Program Updates
Thinking About Climate Change (Extending the Service Life of Our TMDLs)
Environmental Justice and the 303(d) Program Updates
Session 5: Breakouts II
Litigation on Assessment/Listing and TMDLs
Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS) Authority for CWA 303(d): Adoption and Implementation
Examples of Water Quality Assessment Tools
Integrating Protection with Watershed-based Planning
Automation and the Use of R for TMDL Development
Introduction to Using Open Source R Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Clean WQP Data (Beginner & R User)
Introduction to Using Open Source R Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Clean WQP Data (Intermediate & R User)
How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools
Session 6: Breakouts III
Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards through TMDLs
HABs: Criteria, When to Measure, and How to Tie it Back to a Pollutant
Stormwater and TMDLs: Examples of Approaches
Category 4C: Process and Examples of Successful Restoration
Finding and Using Data from the Water Quality Portal
Tracking Changing Assessment Units and Updates on NHD+
Session 7: Prioritization and Planning
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How Vision 1.0 Secured Wisconsin's Program and Using Vision 2.0 to Identify Future Priorities
How Cross-Program Coordination and Environmental Justice are Changing the Way Colorado Prioritizes TMDLs for Vision 2.0