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Collecting and Entering Data for Nonpoint Sources

Melinda Ronca-Battista and Angelique LuedekerITEP/TAMS Center

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Common Nonpoint Sources

Most Reservations Have These SourcesResidential HeatingCommercial HeatingPaved Road DustUnpaved Road DustGas Stations (can be inventoried as nonpoint or point)

Can use these sources as starters for nonpoint section of EI

These sources are the focus of this presentation

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Gathering Data

Local data sources are usually the most accurateExamples: tribal housing offices, local businesses, surveys

If you are not able to obtain data from local sources, there are options of obtaining data from national sources, such as the U.S. Census BureauUsually, you can find these data online

The next slides focus on collecting data for residential heating as an exampleApply what you learn from this example to collect and

enter data for other sources

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Residential Heating Data Collection-Step 11. Determine what fuels are used, each fuel type is a

different source in TEISS and your EIa. Local sources options:

Check with the tribal housing office Use local knowledge, e.g. what fuel do you or your family,

friends, coworkers use for heating?

b. National source option if local data cannot be obtained or local data is incomplete:

Look online at U.S. Census Bureau data: http://factfinder2.census.gov

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Using U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder

To find home heating fuel dataIn opening screen, select Guided Search, then Get Me

Started

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U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder

Check the “I’m looking for information about housing” radio button, then click Next

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U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder

Expand Physical Characteristic entry by clicking on plus sign

Select Heating Fuel by clicking on itThen click Next

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U.S. Census Bureau FactFinderClick on drop-down arrow of

“Select a geographic type” fieldScroll to find American Indian

Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land, select it

This brings up a list of tribes, click on your tribe, click on Add To Your Selections button, then click Next

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U.S. Census Bureau FactFinderIn this screen, click on Skip This Step button

In the next screen, select most recent House Heating Fuel dataset

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U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder Results

The House Heating Fuel table comes up

For this location, estimate emissions for these fuel types:Utility gas (natural gas)Bottled, tank, or LP gas (LPG)Fuel OilWood

Electricity does not produce emissions at residential level

Coal use is minimal in this area, estimate of only 2 houses

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Residential Heating Data Collection-Step 2

2. Look at TEISS calculators to determine what data you need to collect

At a minimum, each heating source calculator asks for amount of fuel used reservation wide Remember to check units asked for in calculator

Use the Print Blank option If not clear on what to enter into a field, check source

documents referenced on opening screen of calculator It is a good idea to read source documents before using

calculator

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Residential Heating Data Collection-Step 3

3. Determine quantity of each fuel used reservation widea. Local sources options:

Check with tribal housing office or local fuel suppliers Conduct a survey

You might survey a few houses and use average response as representative of the reservation per household value

b. National source option if local data cannot be obtained: Use 2009 Energy Information Administration (EIA) data:

http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2009/index.cfm?view=consumption#fuel-consumption

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EIA Data

Find Fuel Consumption table for your area, click on XLS icon to open it

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EIA DataIn spreadsheet

that opens, click on Physical Units tab to open that worksheet

This shows average per household fuel use based on different categories

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Example: Natural Gas, Mostly Local Data

Called local natural gas company and asked several questions Q: In 2011 (inventory year), how much gas was sold to

reservation households? A: 900,000 cubic feet of gas

Q: What is the heating value of the gas you sell? A: 980

Q: Can you specify the units of that value? A: BTU/ft3

Q: What is the sulfur content of the gas you sell? A: I do not know

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Example: Natural Gas CalculatorSelected combustor

type of residential furnaces

Converted 900,000 ft3 to 0.9 million ft3

Entered heating value of 980 BTU/ft3

No emission controls for residential

Left Sulfur Content Unknown selection

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Example: Woodstoves, Some Local Data

Surveyed 100 households on how much wood burned annually per household, received 50 responses

Entered responses into spreadsheet to calculate annual average wood consumption per household of 1.2 cords

House Heating Fuel table from U.S. Census reports 900 households on the reservation heat with wood

Calculated reservation wide annual wood consumption for residential heating as 1080 cords900 households x 1.2 cords/household = 1080 cords

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Example: Woodstoves CalculatorSelected units of cordsSelected stove type of

catalytic, phase II based on discussion with housing office

Selected wood type based on local knowledge

Entered amount of fuel burned of 1080 cords

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Example: LPG , No Local DataHouse Heating Fuel table from U.S. Census reports 335

households on the reservation heat with LPGEIA Data

For this example, the reservation is located in IdahoEIA data reports a Q for Idaho LPG household consumption,

meaning data withheldInstead use value for Climate Region of Very Cold/Cold of

604 gallons/householdCalculated reservation wide annual LPG consumption for

residential heating as 202,340 gallons335 households x 604 gal/household = 202,340 gallons

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Example: LPG CalculatorSelected LPG type of

propane based on local knowledge

Selected process of residential use

Converted 202,340 gal to 202.34 thousand gal

Left Sulfur Content Unknown selection

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Internet Data for Other Sources

Remember, local data is usually more accurateCommercial Heating

The EIA also has commercial data at http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/data/2003/index.cfm?view=consumption Includes energy intensity data for some fuel types, for

example, Table C35 shows average gallons/square foot values for fuel oil

If you know the square footage of the building, you could estimate the fuel usage

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Internet Data for Other Sources (cont.)Road Dust

Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) = Average Daily Traffic (ADT) x road length (miles) x 365 days/year

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Inventory has VMT data: https://itims.bia.gov/reports.shtml

For other roads, check state Department of Transportation or Department of Motor Vehicles websites for traffic count data Data for reservation roads might not be available, but might be

able to estimate traffic counts based on roads that are near Traffic counts usually reported as average daily counts Estimate total road lengths from maps for VMT calculation

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Internet Data for Other Sources (cont.)Gas Stations

The EIA has data on gasoline sales volumes by state at http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_refmg_d_nus_VTC_mgalpd_a.htm Select state of interest in Area field Select Annual-Thousand Gallons per Day in Period-Unit field Select Through Retail Outlets in Sales Type field

Calculates thousand gallons of gasoline sold per day, needs to be multiplied by 365 days/year to get annual value

Value needs to be scaled down to reservation level based on some allocation, such as the ratio of reservation population to state population.

This is a rough estimation method

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Homework due in 10 days:In the TEISS project that you started for your reservation

during EI Fundamentals, start a new inventory yearEnter the year that you plan on collecting data forStart with blank inventory year, do not copy data from 2011

inventory yearCollect data for a nonpoint source in your list of sources

to include in your EIIf you cannot collect local data, estimate data from internet

sourcesRemember, you can always update your data in TEISS if you

can collect local data at some point

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Homework (continued)Enter the source into the new year of your TEISS projectUse the appropriate TEISS calculator to estimate

emissions for this sourceEmail a TEISS report showing data entered to instructors

Demonstration