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Montana DEQ and Region 8 EPA
A Joint Project for Effective Utilization of
STORET
Project DevelopmentConsiderations
• Limited resource
• Cycle of data management
• Sustainability
Task Based Project Components
• Data flow within the agency
• Migrate chemistry data backlog
• Migrate biological data backlog
• Web enabled SIM pilot project
• Requirements analysis for information management
Requirements Analysis
• Determine functional requirements• Recommendation for platform• Explore options for data analysis• Survey of staff needs• Oral interviews for key topics• Summary report developed by MT DEQ,
EPA region 8 and Research Triangle Institute
Task Based Project Components
• Data flow within the agency
• Migrate chemistry data backlog
• Migrate biological data backlog
• Web enabled SIM pilot project
• Requirements analysis for information management
Enhance User Acceptance
• Increase data quantity
• Enhance data quality
• Reduce turnaround time from data collection to STORET warehouse
Data Backlog for Migration
• Chemistry data
• Biological data (taxon abundance)
• Historic data from special projects
Evaluate Data Flow
• Efficiency
• Streamline quality control activities
External Data Flow
Strategy for 319 Project Data and Other External Data Sources
• Standardize format for electonic data deliverables
• Incorporate into contract requirements
• Guidance for data formats
• Provide access to import data directly to STORET through web-enabled SIM
Getting to the Complete SIM Deliverable
• Many data providers manage only a subset of metadata required for STORET– Field monitors create stations and take field
measurements
– Laboratories analyze samples and generate results
– Planning staff or project administrators develop project details
• Data provider must construct the complete data deliverable
Standardize LIMS EDD
• Data from multiple labs in variable formats– State agency labs– University labs– Commercial Labs
• 319 projects use various approaches
• RFP for consistent STORET deliverables
Training and Technical Support
• Workshops
• Telephone / email
• Volunteer training
• Contracted support?
• General guidance
• SIM templates (spreadsheets)
• Lists of acceptable values for STORET
Support
Web-enabled SIMHosted by Gold Systems
• Upload text file
• Select import configuration
• Import data to STORET
Scope and Scalability
Web SIM Pilot Project
McCone Conservation District Water Quality Monitoring
Acknowledgements:
Tom Patton
And
Luke Buckley
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Acknowledgements:
Diane Williams
Dave Stasney
Will McDowell
And
John Babcock
Tri-State Water Quality Council
Acknowledgements:
Jeanne Rae Kirkegard
McCone Conservation District
and
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC)