NWQMC Meeting Update July 26 2007 Philadelphia PA

NWQMC Meeting Update July 26, 2007 Philadelphia, PA

Summary of Presentation Recent accomplishments/highlights since last update in Lafayette, LA (3/227/23/07) n Work Group Updates n n NEMI n Water Quality Data Elements n Future Directions & Activities Plan

n Methods in NEMI as of 7/25/07 From 859 to 903 analytical methods in 3/22/07 n About 30 more in staging area n Goal is to break 1, 000 methods by conference in May 2008 http: //www. nemi. gov/ n

In review: q q q USGS field & fecal indicator bacteria methods (F. Wilde) USDA/ARS protocols – incl. auto samplers, statistical methods (Daren Harmel, TX) Habitat protocols – analyzing to see how they fit (dovetail w/ Phab data elements work)

CRADA Update n CRADA still making its way thru bureaucracy n n Current partners: n n n Just forwarded to Bob Hirsch, USGS for signature Tennessee Tech U Neptune, Inc. YSI, Inc. ($$) Abraxis, LLC Have held preliminary discussions with partners n n Mesh our goals with theirs New technologies, statistical methods, rad chem methods

Green Methods Update n n ACS Petroleum Research Fund grant to Green Chemistry Institute n Developed scale of “relative” greenness and applied to methods in NEMI n Article on green methods in Chem Review prominently mentions NEMI (Authors: Larry Keith and others) Will be going live fairly soon

Results table

Green rating details

NEMI-CBR n n n n Funded by EPA Water Security Division Methods based on list of priority analytes Additional info on rapidity and screening or confirmatory method CBR Advisor – expert system to provide information and advice, also for training Released Jan. 2007 CBR = Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Security updates proceeding with contractor with EPA

Water Quality Data Elements (WQDE) Update

PHab Workgroup Interactions

WQDE Objectives and Goals 2007 -08 n n Develop a general list of WQDEs for habitat Work on a few hydrologic systems to start? n n Streams Wetlands Coastal Zone Publication and public web site by May 2008

PHAB Meeting in Madison in June Attended by those interested in PHAB and call in from EPA personnel from WQX n 3 Products n Protocol content matrix n Methods Elements spreadsheet n Data structure n Workshop or session for Conference n Hopefully a publication by Conference n

Future Directions of the Board n Concentrate on things we do well (Higher priority) n n n NEMI and NEMI/CBR WQDE—Physical Habitat Support NMN where appropriate Support WIS work group where needed New topics (Lower priority) (Next meeting) n Event monitoring (stormwater) n n n Continuous and Real-time monitoring New technologies data storage data interpretation Volunteer monitoring validation techniques Statistical methods

Activities Plan n n n Meeting in Portland in October hosted by Curtis Cude concentrating on PHAB and WQX interaction and Conference activities Monthly Full Board conference calls Bi-monthly or monthly work group conference calls (NEMI and WQDE) as required Keep web-page up to date (Dan) Across the Board Newsletter before Conference Continue recruitment

Need to determine n Where the Methods Board needs to intersect with the National Monitoring Network? ? ? n Sampling methods protocols n Analytical methods comparability issues