WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN FLORIDA (EPA STORET) APRIL 2016

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information

Publication_Date: 20160407

Title: WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN FLORIDA (EPA STORET) APRIL 2016

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://www.waterqualitydata.us/>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains locations of and information on water quality monitoring sites that are within EPA's Storage and Retrieval (STORET) System. Water quality monitoring information comes from EPA's STORET System, a repository of physical, chemical and biological monitoring data from state and federal agencies, watershed organizations, volunteer groups and many others. Surface water, Ground water, and Others are general categories for more specific STORET Station Types. Water quality monitoring is a crucial aspect to protecting water resources. State, Tribal, and Federal agencies must monitor lakes, streams, rivers, and other types of water bodies to assist them in determining water quality condition. From these monitoring activities, water quality monitoring data is generated. Without this data, water resource managers cannot know where pollution problems exist, where we need to focus our pollution control energies, or where we've made progress. The STORET Data Warehouse is EPA's repository of the water quality monitoring data collected by water resource management groups across the country. These organizations, including states, tribes, watershed groups, other federal agencies, volunteer groups and universities, submit data to the STORET Warehouse in order to make their data publically accessible. Data can then be re-used for analysis. WQX is the framework by which organizations submit data to the Warehouse. This is an update to the FGDL layer EPASTORET_AUG13.

Purpose:

The Storage and Retrieval (STORET) System is used by EPA programs, regions, states, and water programs for monitoring water quality.

Supplemental_Information:

Water Quality Portal (WQP) The Water Quality Portal (WQP) is a cooperative service sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC).
The Water Quality Data Portal (WQP) provides an easy way to access data stored in various large water quality databases. The WQP provides various input parameters on the form including location, site, sampling, and date parameters to filter and customize the returned results. The WQP can return site information (locations where samples were collected), or it can return sample results (analytical data of collected samples). Any field in the form left blank will cause a search for all parameters in that field. For example, if a user selects US and California for the country and state respectively, but leaves the county field blank, data will be returned for all counties in California. This is also true of the fields under "SITE PARAMETERS" and "SAMPLING PARAMETERS".
Equivalent data retrievals can be performed using web services, which have the same input parameters and predefined output formats offered through the form. For more information and examples on accessing the web services, see the Web Services Guide. Users less familiar with the standard notation used to encode a web services request may find the form more convenient. As the form is filled out, a URL can be generated by clicking on "Show RESTlike queries" at the bottom of the form. This can be used as the URL to access the data through web services.
Available Databases
USGS NWIS - Water-resources data collected from approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. NWIS is updated every 24 h. Data recently added to NWIS may not be immediately accessible through the WQP. Data is available for each location since the beginning of the database.
USEPA STORET - A data warehouse for water quality, biological, and physical data used by state environmental agencies, EPA, other federal agencies, universities, private citizens, and others. STORET is updated weekly on Thursday evening. Data recently added to STORET may not be immediately accessible through the WQP. The portal will return data from each location since the beginning of the database.
<http://www.waterqualitydata.us/portal_userguide.jsp>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160407

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.735909

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.864593

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.064821

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.329040

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: Environment

Theme_Keyword: society

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: Compliance

Theme_Keyword: Facilities

Theme_Keyword: Inspections

Theme_Keyword: Permits

Theme_Keyword: Regulatory

Theme_Keyword: Water Monitoring

Theme_Keyword: STORET

Theme_Keyword: Water Quality

Theme_Keyword: NWQMC

Theme_Keyword: National Water Quality Monitoring Council

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Place_Keyword: Florida

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Temporal_Keyword: 2016

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

EPA: None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. While EPA has used its best efforts to include complete and accurate information in this system, EPA cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions and is not liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from using this information. Reliance on the information contained in this system by any party cannot be used as a defense in any administrative or judicial proceeding. In such proceedings, the specific language of the relevant regulation or statute is binding. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contact_Person: EPA GIS Agency Central Support

Contact_Position: OEI RTP NCC GIS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: USEPA Mailroom N127-02

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27711

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-767-7493

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrisupport@epa.gov

Contact_Instructions:

Additional information about contact information is available at <http://intranet.epa.gov/rtpgis>.

Data_Set_Credit: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FIPS Pub 199

Security_Classification: No Confidentiality

Security_Handling_Description: Standard Technical Controls

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

EPA Water Quality Data Portal <http://www.waterqualitydata.us/index.jsp>
STORET Data Warehouse https://ofmpub.epa.gov/storpubl/dw_pages.querycriteria
EPA Data <http://www.epa.gov/geospatial/data.html>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Locations are tested and reported individually

Completeness_Report: Completeness of the data set varies for individual features.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: Varies

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

USEPA STORET - A data warehouse for water quality, biological, and physical data used by state environmental agencies, EPA, other federal agencies, universities, private citizens, and others. STORET is updated weekly on Thursday evening. Data recently added to STORET may not be immediately accessible through the WQP. The portal will return data from each location since the beginning of the database. <http://www.waterqualitydata.us/portal_userguide.jsp>

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA

Process_Date: 20160411

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

GeoPlan Center downloaded the spatial data (.CSV) from the following National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC) Website on 20160411:
EPA Water Quality Data Portal <http://www.waterqualitydata.us/index.jsp>
LOCATION: Country: US State: FLORIDA SITE PARAMETERS Blank DOWNLOAD: EPA STORET only Download tabular data: Comma-separated
Station.csv
The Station.csv had Latitude and Longitude fields in the following projection. The Add XY Data Tool was used to convert the table to a point layer.
Original Projection Name: GCS_WGS_1984 Details: Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453292519943295) Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.000000000000000000) Datum: D_WGS_1984 Spheroid: WGS_1984 Semimajor Axis: 6378137.000000000000000000 Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314245179300000000 Inverse Flattening: 298.257223563000030000
Next the data was reprojected to Albers NAD83 Harn. Next point errors located in the ocean were removed.
For a small subset of records, latitude and longitude values were modified to fix obvious errors. See FLAG field definition for details.
Added MGRS field and populated it. Added FLAG field Added DESCRIPT field based on FAC_NAME. Added FGDLAQDATE field.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20160411

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.WaterQuality_STORET_EPA_fl_pnt

Entity_Type_Definition: EPASTORET_APR16.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USEPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID_1

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition:

AGENCY + STATION. A designator used to describe the unique name, number, or code assigned to identify the monitoring location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION

Attribute_Definition: Station Code.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOCATION

Attribute_Definition:

Description of station location. The designator specified by the sampling organization for the site at which sampling or other activities are conducted.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AGENCY

Attribute_Definition:

Agency Code. A designator used to uniquely identify a unique business establishment within a context.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AGENCYNAME

Attribute_Definition:

Agency Name. The legal designator (i.e. formal name) of an organization.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Station Type. A site type is a generalized location in the hydrologic cycle, or a man-made feature thought to affect the hydrologic conditions measured at a site. Select from a list of site types represented in the source databases. Site types that exist in only one data source are indicated with the database in parentheses. More than one site type may be selected. Multiple site types are listed in the field separated by semicolons.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ESTUARY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of an estuary. A coastal inlet of the sea or ocean; esp. the mouth of a river, where tide water normally mixes with stream water (modified, Webster). Salinity in estuaries typically ranges from 1 to 25 Practical Salinity Units (psu), as compared oceanic values around 35 psu.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FACILITY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a facility. A non-ambient location where environmental measurements are expected to be strongly influenced by current or previous activities of humans.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: LAKE, RESERVOIR, IMPOUNDMENT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a lake. An inland body of standing fresh or saline water that is generally too deep to permit submerged aquatic vegetation to take root across the entire body (cf: wetland). This site type includes an expanded part of a river, a reservoir behind a dam, and a natural or excavated depression containing a water body without surface-water inlet and/or outlet.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: LAND

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a land feature. A location on the surface of the earth that is not normally saturated with water. Land sites are appropriate for sampling vegetation, overland flow of water, or measuring land-surface properties such as temperature. (See also: Wetland).

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OCEAN

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of an ocean. Site in the open ocean, gulf, or sea. (See also: Estuary).

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RIVER/STREAM

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a river/stream. A body of running water moving under gravity flow in a defined channel. The channel may be entirely natural, or altered by engineering practices through straightening, dredging, and (or) lining.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SPRING

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a spring. A location at which the water table intersects the land surface, resulting in a natural flow of groundwater to the surface. Springs may be perennial, intermittent, or ephemeral.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SUBSURFACE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a subsurface feature. A location below the land surface, but not a well, soil hole, or excavation.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WELL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a well. A hole or shaft constructed in the earth intended to be used to locate, sample, or develop groundwater, oil, gas, or some other subsurface material.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WETLAND

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a wetland. Land where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface (Cowardin, December 1979). Wetlands are found from the tundra to the tropics and on every continent except Antarctica. Wetlands are areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands may be forested or unforested, and naturally or artificially created.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OTHER GROUNDWATER

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a Groundwater feature. A location below the land surface that cannot otherwise be categorized within the other site types.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OTHER SURFACE WATER

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Station water monitoring site is of a Surface water feature. A water body on the land surface that cannot otherwise be categorized within the other site types.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUCCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) for facility location. The federal code used to identify the hydrologic unit of the monitoring location to the cataloging unit level of precision. Full hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) or partial HUCs using trailing wildcards ("*") may be entered. Only trailing wildcards are accepted. More than one HUC may be entered, separated by semicolons.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute_Definition: County Name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition:

Latitude of facility, site, or operable unit, in Decimal Degrees.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: USNG_FL_1K

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition:

Longitude of facility, site, or operable unit, in Decimal Degrees.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Based on the field LOCATION.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>

Resource_Description: DOWNLOADABLE DATA

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.588

Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20160617

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contact_Person: Jon Becker

Contact_Position: STORET/ WQX Region 4 Point of Contact

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: USEPA Mailroom N127-02

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27711

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (404) 562-9227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: becker.jon@epa.gov

Contact_Instructions: <http://www.waterqualitydata.us/contact_us.jsp>

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time