Data Sharing: Progress Report

National Water-QualityMonitoring Council

July 20, 2004

Overall Workplan

1. Create web portal

2.2. Site common viewSite common view

3.3. Sample common viewSample common view

4.4. Result common viewResult common view

5. Data standards

Increasing Level

ofDifficulty

Window to My Environment

• EPA web site

• Integrates data

• EPA & USGS

• Map Interface

WME: Grand Canyon, AZ

NWISWeb

Current Activities

• Site Type• Common view• Source-system upgrades

• Coordinated update of reference lists• Improve aggregation frequency to

discourage creation of stale data copies• NWISNWISWeb improvements• STORET vers. 3.0 requirements analysis

Rendezvous

• Science drives databases.

• Systems are evolving.

• Enhancements to data-sharing needs.

• Meet at portal.

Rendezvous Relay

NWIS

NWISWeb

STORET

STORET Warehouse

Portal

1. Cites barriers to QW coordination

2. Recommends lead organization

3.3. Endorses the Endorses the “portal” concept“portal” concept

Key Findings: GAO Report

Caveats

• Process will take time and resources.

• Improvements needed to source systems as well as the portal.

• Meanwhile, copying data is counterproductive.