2023 National Training Workshop on Water Quality Data, Assessment, and Plans — Presentations and Materials

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

How to Assess/List Waters and Develop TMDLs with Narrative Nutrient Criteria

Tennessee Nutrient Assessment – Kim Laster, Tennessee

Kentucky's List Methodology using Narrative Nutrient Criteria: Where we're been and where we're going – Katie McKone, Kentucky

Nutrient Assessments and TMDLs Using Narrative Criteria in New Mexico – Meredith Zeigler, New Mexico

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

An Update and Overview of Advance Restoration Plans (ARPs) – Chris Hunter, EPA HQ

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   

Evaluating TMDL Effectiveness – Brian Barnes, Nebraska

Monitoring TMDL Effectiveness – Robert Voss, Missouri

Tracking Restoration Progress in Maryland – Sophia Grossweiler, Maryland

ATTAINS: A Secret Sauce Training (Intermediate to Advanced)

ATTAINS and How's My Waterway Secret Sauce – Jesse Boorman-Padgett and Wendy Reid, EPA HQ

Handout #1: Navigating ATTAINS Using the Web Addresses

Handout #2: Fixing Delistings

Handout #3 – Batch Upload

Handout #4 – Accessing Data

ATTAINS Data in How's My Waterway 2.0

Continuous Data Management Options and Tools

Session 2: Interagency Collaboration

Session 2 Presentations and Materials

 

Session 3: Data Resources and Communication Tools

Session 3 Presentations and Materials

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

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

Litigation on Assessment/Listing and TMDLs

Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS) Authority for CWA 303(d): Adoption and Implementation

Clean Water Action Section 303(d): Treatment in a similar manner as States (TAS) – Dylan Laird, EPA HQ

Pathways for Tribal Water Quality Assessment Programs – Jill Fullagar, EPA R10

Examples of Water Quality Assessment Tools

R Script for Uploading NC Assessments to ATTAINS – Bongghi Hong, North Carolina

Colorado Water Assessment Tracking and Reporting (CO WATR) – Skip Feeney, Colorado

Overview of NHDES' SADB – Matt Wood, New Hampshire

How Kentucky uses ESRI tools in the public notice process and in communicating the Integrated Report – Katie McKone, Kentucky

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

Integrated Protection Within Watershed-Based Planning – Steve Epting, EPA HQ

Automation and the Use of R for TMDL Development

How to Create a Reproducible Workflow for Downloading and Processing Gridded Weather Data – Lucas Graunke, New Mexico

Arizona's Use of R for TMDL Automation – Mikayla Baker, Arizona

Modernizing & Automating Processes for 303(d) Program Activities –  Traci Iott, Connecticut

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)

Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) – Elise Hinman, EPA HQ

Helpful links

How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools

How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools – Jesse Boorman-Padgett and Wendy Reid, EPA HQ

Session 6: Breakouts III

Session 6 Presentations and Materials

Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards through TMDLs

Lake Talquin TMDL: Protecting Downstream Designated Uses – Elizabeth A. Booth, Georgia

Protection of Downstream Water Quality Standards Through TMDLs: Wisconsin River TMDL Example – Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin

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

Stormwater and TMDLs: Minnesota's Experience – Andrea Plevan and Anna Bosch, Minnesota

Category 4C: Process and Examples of Successful Restoration

Category 4C: Process, Expectations, and Examples of Successful Restoration – Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania

Category 4C: Processes and Examples of Successful Implementation in Montana – Blake Towarnicki and Kristy Fortman, Montana

Considerations for Using Integrated Reporting subcategory 4C – Cam McNutt, North Carolina

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

[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