Drinking Water Challenge Grant Project Advisory Committee Conference

Drinking Water Challenge Grant Project Advisory Committee Conference Call 9/12/03 1

Presentation Purpose l Review Advisory Committee Roles and Responsibilities l Introduce Co-Chairs l Provide context and background on the Draft Data Elements Requirement Document 2

Advisory Committee Purpose: Assure that workgroup products and processes are responsive to stakeholder needs. 3

Advisory Committee Member Role An Advisory Committee member is expected to: • Review appropriate workgroup products for accuracy and relevance • Provide feedback to Advisory Committee Co-Chairs • Participate in Advisory Committee meetings 4

Advisory Committee Responsibilities 1. Review and comment on the “Data Elements Requirements” document to use for the electronic submission of Laboratory Drinking Water data 2. Review and comment on ‘best practices’ to guide States during development of their lab data submission system 3. Review and comment on Participation Agreement Template for States to adopt for lab data submission system 4. 5 Respond to workgroup questions

Advisory Committee Co-Chair Role A co-chair will: • Review appropriate workgroup products for accuracy and relevance • Work closely with the project facilitator to coordinate with the workgroup • Potentially participate in the workgroup’s quarterly meeting • Be primarily responsible for disseminating information, coordinating presenters, and gathering comments from the Committee members. 6

Co-Chairs • Co-Chair from a private laboratory – Harvey Klein, Garden State Laboratory • Co-Chair from a utility – David Paris – Manchester Water Works 7

1. Data Elements 2. Document Background 8

Develop Data Standard / Data Format Goal: 1. Have 1 data format for laboratory Drinking Water submissions that can be used as a National Standard 2. Although focus is initially on Drinking Water, National standard will be first step in unifying laboratory data format for other environmental data flows (air, wastewater, etc. ) 3. This approach has backing of both States and EPA 9

Develop Data Standard / Data Format Process: 1. Review all DW forms from 5 states used for electronic submittal of DW data, compile common data element inventory, group into logical data blocks –COMPLETED 2. Compare this list with Laboratory Data Standard and modify if necessary. – IN PROCESS, WAITING FOR COMPLETION OF LAB DATA STANDARD (OCTOBER) 3. Compare and reconcile list with SDWIS Fields – COMPLETED 4. Create a “Draft Data Element Requirements” document. 5. Convene group of interested States and EPA to review “Draft Data Element Requirements” and merge with companion e-DWR effort – Ongoing 10

Develop Data Standard / Data Format Process Continued: 6. Send our “Data Element Requirements” to Advisory Committee for comment. Revise to create “Final Data Element Requirements”. – 9/12/03 7. Submit the “Final Data Element Requirements” to EPA Standards Bodies for their consideration 1. Environmental Data Standards Council 2. Technical Resources Group 11

Document Structure • Excel Spreadsheet with Two Tabs – Forms List • List of State forms used to initially draft Data Element List – Data Elements • Data Block – Contains the name of the highest level grouping of the data elements document • Data Field – Name of the data element • Data Field Definition • SDWIS-State Sampling-for-EDI Field (Crosswalk Field) • SDWIS-State Table/Field Name (Crosswalk Field) • e-DWR Schema Element (Crosswalk Field) • Lab Data Standard Element (Crosswalk Field) 12

Specific Questions on the Data Elements Requirements • Is the list of elements comprehensive? • Is the definition of the data element clear? • Is there any data that currently cannot be generated? Notes: * Many fields will be optional – will depend on program and state * Please focus primarily on the laboratory section of the document 13

Data Elements Requirements document location • http: //www. exchangenetwork. net/common/content. asp? en=TA 864193&cat=&sea=Yes&set= Both&sca=Yes&sct=Long&pri=5&ead=tb&sad=lt 14

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