2023 National Training Workshop on Water Quality Data, Assessment, and Plans — Presentations and Materials
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Session 1: Breakouts I
- Session 1 Presentations and Materials
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How to Assess/List Waters and Develop TMDLs with Narrative Nutrient Criteria
Tennessee Nutrient Assessment – Kim Laster, Tennessee
Environmental Justice: Achieving Meaningful Involvement
Equitable Development Resource Hub - Groundwork USA
Best Practices for Meaningful Community Engagement Tip Sheet - Groundwork USA
Equitable Development in Action Worksheet - Groundwork USA
Advance Restoration Plans/5R and 4B Plans: Examples and EPA's Expectations
Mystic River Alternative TMDL – Matthew Reardon, Massachusetts
Great Pond Advance Restoration Plan (ARP) – Tracy Krueger, Maine
Evaluating TMDL Effectiveness: Getting the Necessary Data through Existing Means
Tracking Restoration Progress in Maryland – Sophia Grossweiler, Maryland
ATTAINS: A Secret Sauce Training (Intermediate to Advanced)
Continuous Data Management Options and Tools
Session 2: Interagency Collaboration
- Session 2 Presentations and Materials
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Session 3: Data Resources and Communication Tools
- Session 3 Presentations and Materials
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What's New with How's My Waterway – Kiki Schneider, EPA HQ
The Internet of Water at EPA – Alex Porteous, EPA HQ
The Criteria Search Tool & TADA – Cristina Mullin, EPA HQ
Mapping Tools: Leaflet and My Maps – Alan Ochoa Rodriguez, Utah
Session 4: Incorporating Climate Change and Environmental Justice Considerations into Program Activities
- Session 4 Presentations and Materials
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Climate Change and the 303(d) Program Updates – Dylan Laird, EPA HQ
Thinking About Climate Change (Extending the Service Life of Our TMDLs) – Mike Kruse, Missouri
Climate Preppers: Michigan Edition – Molly Rippke, Michigan
Environmental Justice and the 303(d) Program Updates – Sara Schwartz, EPA HQ
Session 5: Breakouts II
- Session 5 Presentations and Materials
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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
Overview of NHDES' SADB – Matt Wood, New Hampshire
Arizona's Assessment: Leveraging R for an End-to-End Solution – Mackenzie Moore, Arizona
Integrating Protection with Watershed-based Planning
Protection TMDLs in Kansas – Dane Boring, Kansas
Automation and the Use of R for TMDL Development
Arizona's Use of R for TMDL Automation – Mikayla Baker, Arizona
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
- Session 6 Presentations and Materials
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Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards through TMDLs
Lake Talquin TMDL: Protecting Downstream Designated Uses – Elizabeth A. Booth, Georgia
New York's TMDL Strategies to Protect Downstream Waters – Andrea Conine and Cassandra Davis, New York
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
Category 4C: Process, Expectations, and Examples of Successful Restoration – Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
Finding and Using Data from the Water Quality Portal
Tracking Changing Assessment Units and Updates on NHD+
Using R to Track Changes in Assessments – Mikayla Baker, Arizona
Session 7: Prioritization and Planning
- Session 7 Presentations and Materials
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[Presentation Title To Be Determined] – Tegan Rostock, EPA HQ
How Vision 1.0 Secured Wisconsin's Program and Using Vision 2.0 to Identify Future Priorities – Ashley Beranek and Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin
How Cross-Program Coordination and Environmental Justice are Changing the Way Colorado Prioritizes TMDLs for Vision 2.0 – Barbara Bennett, Colorado