2024 National Training Workshop on Water Quality Assessment and Plans — Presentations and Materials
Introduction to the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program and Vision - Traci Iott, Connecticut, and Rosaura Conde, EPA HQ
Session 1: Breakouts I
Emerging Contaminants and Toxics: Using Narrative Criteria in Assessments and Restoration Plans
► Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Emerging Contaminants and Toxics: Using Narrative Criteria in Assessments and Restoration Plans - Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
► Anne Schegel, Virginia
Approaches to Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans in a Changing Climate
► Jim Havard, EPA HQ
► 303(d) Listing and Climate Change - Teagan Rostock, EPA HQ
► Kristy Fortman, EPA R8
► Britta Bierwagen, EPA HQ
Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development
► Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations into TMDL Development - Miranda Chien-Hale, EPA HQ
► Barbara Bennett, Colorado
► Incorporating Environmental Justice Considerations Into Rhode Island TMDL Development - Steve Winnett and Olivia Lopez, EPA R1, and Jane Sawyers, Rhode Island
Tribal Water Quality Assessment: Methods and Tools
► Adam Schempp, ELI
► Telling the Story: Assessment of Your Monitoring Data to Make Determinations About the Condition of Your Water Quality - Rob Cook, EPA R6
► Rainee Tetreault, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
► Tribal Water Quality Assessment: What is ATTAINS? - Kayla Bowe, Red Lake Nation
► Using Water Quality Assessment for Protection of Skokomish Reservation Waters - Seth Book and Alena Reynolds, Skokomish Indian Tribe
Participatory Science and Planning for External Data
► Adam Griggs, EPA HQ
► Jennifer Haslbauer, Alabama
► Volunteer Water Monitoring Program - Waverly Reibel, Minnesota
Volunteer Water Monitoring Program Website
Volunteer Water Monitoring Online Training
Volunteer Water Monitoring Reflections Annual Yearbook 2023
How to Use EPA's Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) R Shiny Application to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Harmonize Water Quality Portal Data
► Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) - Hillary Marler, EPA HQ
Session 2: Breakouts II
Using Stressor Identification When There Are No Applicable Numeric Criteria: Experiences and Lessons
► Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
► Kentucky's Casual Analysis for Assessing Waters with Narrative Criteria: A More Informed and Reproducible Approach - Katie McKone and Nick Reif, Kentucky
► Statistical Guidelines Development for: TP, TN, and TSS (Sedimentation/Siltation) - Abel Haile and Donna Keclik, Illinois
► Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process - Becky Monahan and Bel Martinez da Matta, Maryland
Biological Assessment Methodology for Non-Tidal Wadeable Streams
Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process (2014)
Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Process (2009)
Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans
► Jasper Hobbs, Association of Clean Water Administrators
► Spikes in Pollutants During Wet Periods: Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring, Assessment, and Plans - Cam McNutt, North Carolina
► Storm Event Sampling: Monitoring Strategies, Challenges and Assessment Protocols - Eileen Campbell and Sarah Acquah, Minnesota
► Evaluating Bacteria Storm Samples in the Assessment - Justin Donahue, Washington
► Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin
“A Plan by Any Name…”: Coordination Between the CWA 303(d) and Nonpoint Source Programs
► Cyd Curtis and Justin Drew, Association of Clean Water Administrators
► Utah Division of Water Quality Protection Section - Jodi Gardberg, Utah
► CNMI Nonpoint Source 5-Yr. Management Plan - Olivia Tenorio, Northern Mariana Islands
“An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure”
► "An Ounce of Protection is Worth A Pound of Cure": Advancing Watershed Protection in the CWA 303(d) and 319 Programs - Miranda Chien-Hale and Elise Turrietta, EPA HQ, and Kati Carberry, EPA R10
► Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Protection Plans in Texas - Nicole Hall, Texas
Continuous Monitoring: Tools and Approaches
► Adam Griggs, EPA HQ
► Britta Bierwagen, EPA HQ
How to Use EPA's Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) R Package and Other Packages to Retrieve, Wrangle, and Harmonize Water Quality Portal Data (for R Users)
► Tools for Automated Data Analysis (TADA) - Hillary Marler, EPA HQ
Session 3: Litigation on Assessment/Listing and TMDLs
► Jim Havard, EPA HQ
► Elise O'Dea, EPA OGC
► Andrea Priest, EPA OGC
Session 4: Topic-Driven Conversational Roundtables
No session presentations or materials.
Session 5: Breakouts III
Environmental Justice in Monitoring and Assessment
► Bonita Johnson, EPA R4
► Susan Holdsworth, EPA HQ
► Environmental Justice in Monitoring and Assessment - Miranda Chien-Hale, EPA HQ
► Yaso Sivaganesh, New Jersey
The Recovery Potential Screening (RPS) Tool: Recent Developments and Various Uses
► Using the Recovery Potential Screening Tool To Support Planning and Prioritization - Beth Smith and Justin Drew, EPA HQ, and Andy Somor, The Cadmus Group
► Utah's Prioritization 2.0: Approach to Protection and Restoration Planning - Jodi Gardberg, Utah
► New Jersey Recovery Potential Screening Tool - Claire Huang-Lindabury, New Jersey
► Advancing Equity in the CWA §319 Program - Ellie Flaherty, EPA HQ
Developing TMDLs in Ways That Lead to More Seamless Collaboration and Implementation
► Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Kevin Kirsch, Wisconsin
► Assisting MS4 Permittees with WLA documentation - Andrea Plevan, Minnesota
► Washington State's TMDL Template - Ben Rau, Washington
Program Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Changes: Processes, Procedures, and Available Resources
► Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the 303(d) Program: Examples From Practice - Adam Schempp, ELI
► Margaret Aguilar and Louise Pascua, Guam
► Resilience and Continuity Despite Staff Changes: A Tribal Perspective - Kayla Bowe, Red Lake Nation
► Adapting to Staff Changes and New Staff Training - Abel Haile and Christine Davis, Illinois
► Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Clean Water Academy
Pennsylvania's Assessment Methodology for Streams and Rivers
Pennsylvania's Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers
How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools
► How to Answer Common Questions with Available Data Tools - Jesse Boorman-Padgett, EPA HQ
Build Automated Data Dashboards, Maps, and Apps Using the Water Quality Portal’s NEW WQX 3.0 Services
Session 6: CWA 303(d) Prioritization Frameworks and Cross-Program Coordination
► Planning Across CWA Programs - Rosaura Conde, EPA HQ and Traci Iott, Connecticut
► Planning and Prioritization: 2022 Vision Prioritization Frameworks - Teagan Rostock, EPA HQ
► Think Statewide - Act Locally (Implementing Michigan's Vision 1.0) - Molly Rippke, Michigan
► An Aspirational Vision to Include Everyone - Mindy Neil, West Virginia
Session 7: Cross-Program Coordination for Restoration and Protection Plan Implementation
No session presentations or materials.