19-Aug-2003MWMC presentation to NWQMC1 Standing Committees –Monitoring & Assessment –Data Management –Program Coordination Stakeholder groups –Federal

19-Aug-2003 MWMC presentation to NWQMC 1

• Standing Committees– Monitoring &

Assessment– Data Management– Program Coordination

• Stakeholder groups – Federal government– State government– Local government– Academia– Industry/Consultants– Volunteer/Watershed

Focus on these three stakeholder groups—

1. articulate the value of the Council to these constituencies

2. determine what these groups need from the Council--develop activities designed specifically to meet their needs

Workplans being developed by…


• Contact all academic researchers in the aquatic field (community college and above)

– Describe the Council structure, goals/vision, activities

– Describe benefits that MWMC could have to academiccommunity

– Request basic information regarding research activity of faculty member

– Request participation in Council events (workshops, annualconference, newsletter)

– Share information about the MWMC with colleagues and students

• The final product will be an inventory (telephone book) of the academic community doing research involving water monitoring which will be linked to the MWMC web page

Stakeholder Group Plans-Academic Community


• ID key private sector players--poll counties, MDE, DOT, MDA, ag extension agencies, NRCS for good contacts. Seek broad geographic spread.

• Develop message/materials tailored to private sector, including MWMC vision/mission and stressing participation from this sector needed to reach goals. List examples and success stories demonstrating MWMC effectiveness. Examples can include successful public/private partnerships and may come from other state/basin councils. MWMC Board should request that NWQMC compile success stories and provide material to state councils.

• 2003 annual conference - the focus on restoration is excellent forum for involving developers or private consultants, especially those designing/implementing restoration projects. Invite speakers, posters.

• Invite member of business community to join Board (developer or other interest)

Stakeholder Group Plans-Business Community


• Develop technical and institutional training workshops – Contact watershed groups and discuss

their interest – what do they want, need?– Find Funds, training resources– Integrate topics with the work/needs of

other member orgs/agencies • DNR Stream waders /synoptic sampling• USGS Flow monitoring and crest gages• CWP/Balt Cit/Co Illicit Discharge Detection• Basic Data Interpretation• DNR, Balt Co geomorphic assessment –

cross sections • How to partner with Local Govts, State

Others

Stakeholder Group Plans-Volunteer Community


Programmatic Coordination

– Need for coordination across MWMC Committees

– Need for coordination with groups outside MWMC (Bay Program, e.g.)

– Assist in planning Annual Meeting

PCC Develped from the intererest of MWMC

members and afilliated organizations—

especially among the local governement

agencies.

Started as an AdHoc Committee in February 2000


• Clearinghouse with program meta-data

• Comprehensive Statement– Water monitoring goals for

Maryland agencies,– Approaches to meet these

goals,– Programs currently in place

in relation to these goals.• Process for routine information

exchange• Collaborative effort in the

development of a statewide monitoring strategy

Programmatic CoordinationSummer 2000: MWMC consensus items approved by MWMC as needed to improve coordination among monitoring groups in the state

• Process for routine information exchange

• Collaborative effort in the development of a statewide monitoring strategy


• Monitoring Program Survey• Locally-collected data for

Bay Program Model (working with MWCOG)

• Comparison among NPDES MS4 jurisdictions for MDE-required design manual monitoring

• Development of stream restoration tracking database– Project resources from DNR

for Bay Program commitments

– Potential use for MS4 permit required watershed restoration

– Monitoring needed to document nutrient/sediment reductions

Programmatic CoordinationPCC activities since 2000…

• Monitoring Plans (with Monitoring and Assessment Committee)

INSTRUCTIONS

Program Name :The name of your program

Goal/Purpose:Project objectives and brief narrative - Data Quality Objectives, if available

Scale:

Intended assessment/reporting scale - other known use scales. (Option - determine sampling density or range of densities by dividing representative length/area by number of sampling stations - e.g., 57 CORE stations representing 898 miles -- 898/57=average 15.8 miles/station)

Approach/ Description:

Monitoring program approach/discussion

Issues/Needs: Monitoring program needs; design limitations/restrictions

Agency/group: The name of your program agency/group

Contact: Name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail, Web-site

Watersheds/ Aquifer:

If known, "official" State or US Geological Survey name, local name (if different), county or counties, State watershed (6, 8, 12-digit) if known, Tributary Strategy basin, MDE permit basin, latitude/longitude frame

Media: e.g., water column, ground water, air deposition, surficial sediment

Data uses: Identify other data users/purpose - potential users

Future: Planned modifications/changes and rationale

Publications: QAPP reference, citations, data indices (STORET, NEIR, CIMS)

Updated: The date you entered or changed this information

APPENDIX List or location of sampling stations

The Online Maryland Water Monitoring Survey


• Continue liaison with Bay Program, Tributary Strategies, MS4 program, to assure collection methods and data analysis comparability

Programmatic CoordinationWorkplan 2003…

• Work with Data Subcommittee on web-based clearinghouse of program meta-data

• By Annual meeting, draft statement of monitoring goals and approaches– Update and expand

responses to Monitoring Program Survey


Monitoring & Assessment

Jim Cummins – Co-Chair (ICPRB)

Ron Klauda – Co-Chair (MD/DNR)

Brian Clevenger (MDE) Doug Redmond

(MNCPPC) Sherm Garrison

(MD/DNR) Bob Shedlock (USGS) Paul Jacobson (Langhei

Ecology) Bill Stack (Baltimore City

DPW)

1995--Formed as Assessment & Reporting Committee

2001—Merged with Monitoring Methods Committee

Active members…


Monitoring & AssessmentObjectives…

• Promote collection of high quality and easily-shared water monitoring data

• Disseminate information about water monitoring programs to all interested parties

• Promote use of appropriate analytical procedures to prepare meaningful assessments of water quality conditions

• Promote presentation of understandable findings in technical and non-technical forums

• Assist in planning annual MWMC conferences


Past activities and accomplishments… Workshop on reference conditions for biological stream health assessments Two workshops on sampling design considerations for water monitoring programs Expansion of MWMC involvement into tidal waters Workshop on macroalgae in MD’s Coastal Bays Stream Monitoring Roundtable Education event for National Water Monitoring Day Festival Spin-off ideas for workshops developed by other MWMC committees



Ongoing & future activities…


Prepare summary of M&A Committee accomplishments for 2003 Annual Conference Collaborate with Data Management Committee to organize and host expanded Stream Monitoring Roundtable –

early 2004 Review sections of draft 305b

reports prepared by MD/DNR – beginning early 2004 Organize and host QA/QC workshop: “Generating Confidence in the Data” – late

2004 Develop periodic press releases

on stream/watershed conditions in MD - beginning late 2004


Data Management

Mission… To explore data management

procedures employed in Maryland and

develop recommended procedures for data management and quality assurance.


• Developed a Minimum data elements document standardizing a baseline set of data fields to facilitate data sharing

• Initiated implementation of the “clickable” map concept where monitoring data and information could be accessed through a GIS interface

Data Management

Past activities and accomplishments…

• Developed a database of Non-tidal Tributary Water-Quality Monitoring Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed


• Clickable map, continued– Developed prototype

ARC-IMS map

– Currently working through licensing issues and confirming a host site for the map.

Data Management

Current activities…

• STORET Development– Selected a watershed (Anacostia River) for a pilot study to

demonstrate the feasibility of using STORET for MD’s water quality data.

– Exploring potential for GIS integration with STORET as a possible working model for the clickable map project.


• Host a workshop on data management and/or data quality issues.

• Pursue grants to fund a full-time staff member for Data Management activities

• Coordinate more with the National Council, as well as federal agencies (EPA, USGS on Data Standards)

• Provide better public access to Maryland’s water quality data

• Reaffirm the DMC’s mission and purpose

Data ManagementFuture activities & objectives…

• Expand active membership to include: – All metropolitan counties, – At least one consultant, – At least one volunteer

organization, – At least one academic

organization– Seek involvement of the

State Highway Administration.

Documents

19-Aug-2003MWMC presentation to NWQMC1 Standing Committees –Monitoring & Assessment –Data Management –Program Coordination Stakeholder groups –Federal