Utah Water Quality Monitoring Data by the Utah Division of Water Quality

1. I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E D A T A B A S E
D I V I S I O N T R A I N I N G S E S S I O N # 1
M A Y 3 0 , 2 0 1 2
DWQ Monitoring’s Water
Quality Data

2. • DATA COLLECTION
• DATA MANAGEMENT
• DATABASE INTRODUCTION
• GOALS AND NEXT STEPS
Data: From River to Database

3. Monitoring for
Data
• Strategic Monitoring
Plan
• Definitions of Data
“Types”
• Definitions of Data
“Sets”

4. Monitoring’s Strategic Monitoring Plan
A Tiered and Adaptive Framework

5. Monitoring’s Strategic Monitoring Plan
A Rotating Basin Approach
Water year – October 1 through September 30
Jordan River-Utah Lake Basins sampled 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012

6. Monitoring’s Data “Types”
Currently able to Import to New Database
Lab data – data obtained from laboratory analysis
State Lab
AWAL
Field Data – data obtained in the field with multi-sonde
Hydrolab
In Situ
YSI
Flow data – measured in the field
Measured by field staff
Measured by gage**
E. coli data – E. coli samples processed/analyzed by field staff
Quanti-Tray (18 and 24 hour)

7. Monitoring’s Data “Types”
Currently not Imported to New Database
Macroinvertebrate – summary data about richness/diversity
USU Bug Lab
Larry Gray
Diatom, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Sediment
Rushforth Phycology
Larry Gray
USU Soils Lab
University of Utah Labs
Fish data – counts, diversity data collected in the field
Fish data – mercury data derived from tissue
Logger data – interval data
Temperature loggers
Pressure transducers
Observational data – data derived from field observations
UCASE field forms
Wetland Vegetation and Bird surveys
Photos

8. Monitoring’s Data “Sets”
Commonly Used Terms
Lake data – all types of data collected on a lake activity
Lab samples collected at surface, possible mid and bottom depths
Field data collected at depth of lab samples
Field data collected at depth intervals from surface to bottom
Observational data collected from secchi reading
Phyoplankton data collected below surface
Cooperator data – all types of data collected by a cooperator
Lab samples collected at site
Field data collected with lab sample
Flow data collected at site or from gaging station
Volunteer USU data – data from USU Extension volunteers
Observational data collected from secchi reading
E. coli data collected, and/or processed and analyzed by volunteer
Special Studies data – data for special studies
Willard Spur
Nutrient Project

9. Monitoring’s Data “Sets”
Other Commonly Used Terms
QC Data – all types of data collected with a quality control activity
Trip Blanks (Lab samples, E. coli)
Field Blanks (Lab samples, E. coli)
Equipment Blanks (Lab samples)
Duplicates (Lab samples, Field data, E. coli)
Replicates (Lab samples, Field data, E. coli)
Organic data – organic parameter data Lab
Lab data reported with different template

10. Monitoring’s
Data
Management
• Data Management
History
• New Data
Management
• Database Use

11. Monitoring’s Data Management History
Local Version of STORET
Software-dependent
“Data request”-driven sharing
No longer supported by EPA
Replaced with Water Quality
Exchange - “WQX”

12. Monitoring’s Data Management
AWQMS/WQX
Utah installed “out-of-the-box” AWQMS database
Gold Systems funded with Exchange Network grant
Web-based application
Migrated all “historic” data
Parallel to EPA’s WQX database
Currently in-development to add enhancements
Data validation tools
Data query tools
…and more
AWQMS User’s Community
“Community Software” approach

13. Monitoring’s Data Management
AWQMS/WQX
Test versus Production
External Access
Access outside of DEQ Firewall
Cooperator Access
Public Access
Database Support
Monitoring Section’s new hire
Trisha Johnson
DTS – Rob Sandberg
Gold Systems

14. Monitoring’s Database Use
Manage and store data centrally
QC data and track changes
Submit data to EPA
Internal access to data
for reporting and
assessment
External access to
Cooperators for
data submission
and data access

15. Monitoring’s Database Datasets
Currently Imported to New Database
“Historic” Data –data previously stored in BlueFish/STORET
1974 through ~March 2009
2009 Data – data collected in 2009
Lab data from March – Dec. 2009 (except Lake, Organic, some QC Data)
Field data from March – Dec. 2009 (except Lake, Organic, some QC Data)
Flow data from March – Dec. 2009
2010 Data – data collected in 2010
Lab data from 2010 (except Lake, Organic, some QC Data)

16. Monitoring’s Database Datasets
To be Imported to New Database
2009 Data
Lake data (Lab and Field)
E. coli data
Organic and QC data (Lab)
2010 Data
Field data
Lake data (Lab and Field)
Organic and QC data (Lab)
E. coli data
2011 Data
All Lab data
All Field data
E. coli data

17. Monitoring’s
Database
An introduction to the
new DWQ Database

18. Monitoring’s Database Key Points
Organization – “UTAHDWQ_WQX”
Activity Group and Activity v. Trip
Look up Tables
Query v. Detail Pages
Local management v. EPA
Wild card - %

19. Log on to Test
Database Web page

20. Monitoring’s Database
1. Creating and finding monitoring locations

21. Monitoring’s Database
1. Creating and finding monitoring locations
2. Using the database tools to find and analyze data
online

22. Monitoring’s Database
1. Creating and finding monitoring locations
2. Using the database tools to find and analyze data
online
3. Exporting water quality data for further analysis

23. Monitoring’s
Next Steps
• Data Collection
• Data Management
• Data Validation

24. Data CollectionData Collection Data ManagementData Management
Volunteer monitoring
Field audits
Long-term monitoring
instrumentation
SAPs
Public access to
database
Credible data criteria
Monitoring’s Goals

25. Monitoring’s Data Validation
Streamlined data processing
Automated validation
Data Status: Preliminary v. Final
Internal threshold analyses
Variety of access rights
Flexible design

26. J A M E S H A R R I S
M O N I T O R I N G P L A N
D A T A B A S E D E V E L O P M E N T
L A B O R A T O R Y U S E
K A T E T I P P L E ( U N T I L J U L Y 2 1 )
D A T A B A S E U S E
D A T A B A S E D E V E L O P M E N T
D A T A M A N A G E M E N T
T R I S H A J O H N S O N
D A T A Q U A L I T Y
D O C U M E N T A T I O N
S T A T E L A B L I A I S O N
M A R K S T A N G E R
M O N I T O R I N G L O C A T I O N C R E A T I O N
Monitoring and Database
Contacts

27. Thank you!