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Flyer on Watershed Academy Webcasts (PDF) (2 pp, 798K, About PDF), Dec. 2006, EPA 841-K-06-001. Copies of this free flyer may be ordered from National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at 513-489-8190 or 800-490-9198 or send an email to nscep@bps-lmit.com.
EPA's Watershed Academy is pleased to sponsor free webcast seminars. Local watershed organizations, municipal leaders, and others are invited to sign up for these free, on-line webcast training sessions. Webcasts are typically conducted on a monthly basis, on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. Attendees must register in advance to participate in webcasts. During the webcasts, trainees log onto the Web to participate in live training conducted by expert instructors. Your computer must have the capability of playing sound in order to attend the webcasts. In advance of webcasts, we post PDF copies of the PowerPoint slides in the yellow box for those who want to print them out. The Watershed Academy offers a certificate to those who attend webcasts. For those who are not able to register for a webcast, a streaming audio version of the training will be made available after the live seminar (see links to previous webcasts below).
EPA's Watershed Academy is pleased to sponsor its 71st free Webcast seminar on Wednesday, March 6, 2013:
Water Quality Exchange: A Tool for Tribes, Volunteer Monitors and Others to Share WQ Data
Speakers
- Susan Holdsworth, Chief, U.S. EPA's Monitoring Branch and Co-Chair of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council
- Charles Kovatch, IT Team Leader/ OW Liaison, U.S. EPA's Monitoring Branch
- Michael Brennan, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow and IT Team, U.S. EPA's Monitoring Branch
Join us for a webcast to learn more about how Tribes, volunteer monitoring organizations and others can enter their water quality monitoring data into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Water Quality Exchange (WQX) and make the data available to the public via the Water Quality Portal. While the webcast is open to anyone, the focus of this webcast will be on simple methods smaller organizations can use to transfer their water quality data into WQX Web. WQX Web provides a framework for users with small data sets to share water quality monitoring data over the Internet.
WQX Web is a web-based data entry tool that enables data owners to upload their data to EPA's STORET Data Warehouse using a MS Excel spreadsheet. Once the data are in STORET, they can be safely stored and can be viewed and downloaded by a wide variety of potential data users. The webcast will help water quality program managers, data managers, and others understand WQX, how it relates to STORET and the Water Quality Portal, and how to begin submitting data using WQX Web.
The webcast will include a slide presentation as well as a demonstration of how to enter water quality data into WQX Web.
For more information, visit:
- WQX/STORET (www.epa.gov/storet)
- Water Quality Portal (www.waterqualitydata.us)
The Webcast presentation will be posted here in advance. Webcast participants are eligible to receive a certificate for their attendance.
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Archived Versions of Past Webcasts
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Categories
- Agriculture
- Clean Water Act
- Climate Change
- Funding
- Lakes
- Low Impact Development
- Nutrient Management
- Outreach and Education
- Tools and Data
- Watersheds: Protection and Planning
- Wetlands
Agriculture
- USDA's National Water Quality Initiative, July 10, 2012
- Section 319 Agricultural Nonpoint Source Success Stories, June 14, 2012
- USDA's NIFA - CEAP Watershed Synthesis: Lessons Learned, May 15, 2012
Clean Water Act
- History and Evolution of the Clean Water Act, March 21, 2012
- Monitoring and Assessment Under the Clean Water Act, April 7, 2010
- Introduction to Water Quality Standards, September 10, 2009
- Introduction to the Clean Water Act, July 1, 2009
- Opportunities for Citizen Involvement in the Clean Water Act, April 19, 2006
Climate Change
- Saving Water & Energy - Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Improving Effliciency, May 17, 2011
- Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Addressing Water Issues, December 2, 2010
- Working Together to Address the Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources, October 27, 2009
- Wetlands and Climate Change, May 13, 2008
- Water, Energy, and Climate Change, October 3, 2007
Funding
- Using the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund for Nonpoint Source and National Estuary Projects, April 17, 2012
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund: What's in it for Watersheds, July 16, 2008
- Watershed Financing — Moving Beyond Grants, October 17, 2007
- Sustainable Financing for Watershed Groups, March 22, 2006
- Plan2Fund: A Tool to Organize Your Watershed Funding, February. 15, 2006
Lakes
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, January 26, 2011
- Healthy Lakeshores Though Better Shoreline Stewardship, July 15, 2010
- National Lakes Assessment: Reporting on the Condition of the Nation's Lakes, January 5, 2010
Low Impact Development
- Designing LID to Work: Lessons Learned from North Carolina, December 9, 2010
- Re-Visioning Landscapes with LID: The Houston Experience, August 11, 2010
- Green Roofs: Beautiful and Innovative Solutions to Stormwater Pollution, February. 18, 2009
- Using Rain Gardens to Reduce Runoff — Slow it down, spread it out, soak it in!, December 3, 2008
- Green Streets: From Gray Funnels to Green Sponges, July 23, 2008
- Wastewater Utilites Using Sustainable Watershed Approaches, February. 20, 2008
- Smart Growth and Green Infrastructure, November 28, 2007
- Phase II Stormwater, November 16, 2005
- Low Impact Development Strategies, Tools, and Techniques for Sustainable Watersheds, October 19, 2005
Nutrient Management
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Series: Tools for Developing State Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Reduction Strategies, November 30, 2011
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Series: State and Local Policies to Restrict the Use of Lawn Fertilizers, September 21, 2011
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Series: Nitrate in Ground Water, March 29, 2011
- Managing Nutrients in the National Estuary Program, March 1, 2010
- National Lakes Assessment: Reporting on the Condition of the Nation's Lakes, January 5, 2010
- An Urgent Call to Action: Nutrient Innovations Task Group, December 1, 2009
- Moving Forward on Gulf Hypoxia, October 7, 2008
- Managing Nutrients in Your Backyard and Your Commuunity, March 19, 2008
- Implementing TMDLs and Trading Throught the National Estuary Program, February 21, 2007
Outreach and Education
- Conducting Effective Stormwater Outreach, October 27, 2011
- Earth Gauge™: Conveying Environmental Information Through the TV Weather Report, August 15, 2007
- Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) & ART: Combining Science and Art, July 18, 2007
- Influencing Behaviors Using Social Marketing, June 28, 2006
- Getting in Step: Developing Your Message and Publicizing it Effectively, July 20, 2005
Tools and Data
- How's My Waterway? and Other Water Quality Apps, November 28, 2012
- Using the New Water Quality Portal, October 23, 2012
- Recovery Potential Screening: A Tool for Comparing Impaired Waters Restorability, February 22, 2012
- Tools for Protecting Coastal Wetlands, May 4, 2010
- Watershed Central: A New Gateway to Watershed Information, April 15, 2009
- ATTAINS — A Gateway to State-Reported Water Quality Information, June 18, 2008
- The Wastewater Information System Tools (TWIST) for Managing Decentralized Systems, January 16, 2008
- Using STORET Data to Characterize Your Watershed, June 21, 2007
- Watershed Plan Builder: EPA's Interactive Web-based Tool Designed to Promote the Development of Comprehensive Watershed Plans, May 2, 2007
- Key EPA Internet Tools for Watershed Management, March 28, 2007
- Using NEMO- Nonpoint Source Education for Municipal Officials- to Advance Watershed Management, January 17, 2007
- Getting Started in Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, October 11, 2006
- Eight Tools for Watershed Protection in Developing Areas, June 22, 2005
Watersheds: Protection and Planning
- USDA's NIFA - CEAP Watershed Synthesis: Lessons Learned, May 15, 2012
- EPA's Healthy Watersheds Initiative: Protecting Our High Quality Waters and Watersheds, October 13, 2010
- A Watershed Dialogue: How Can We Build the Capacity and Effectiveness of Watershed Groups, September 15, 2010
- Monitoring Watershed Program Effectiveness, April 10, 2008
- Integrating Wetlands into Watershed Protection, May 17, 2006
- Using Brownfields Grants for Watershed Restoration and Revitalization, September 20, 2006
- Benefits of Watershed-Based NPDES Permitting, July 19, 2006
- Using EPA's Draft Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters, January 18, 2006
- Introduction to Trading for Water Quality Protection, December 14, 2005
- Phase II Stormwater, November 16, 2005
- The ABCs of TMDLs for Stakeholders, September 18, 2005
Wetlands
- Tools for Protecting Coastal Wetlands, May 4, 2010
- Wetlands - Reconnecting to Nature, May 28, 2009
- Wetlands and Climate Change, May 13, 2008
- Assessing Wetlands Loss/Conditions and Restoration, September 26, 2007
- Long-Term Stewardship of Wetlands Mitigation Sites, May 23, 2007
- Watershed Plan Builder: EPA's Interactive Web-based Tool Designed to Promote the Development of Comprehensive Watershed Plans, May 2, 2007
- Integrating Drinking Water into Watershed Protection, November 29, 2006
- Eight Tools for Watershed Protection in Developing Areas, June 22, 2005