USEPA / EPATADA

This R package can be used to compile and evaluate Water Quality Portal (WQP) data for samples collected from surface water monitoring sites on streams and lakes. It can be used to create applications that support water quality programs and help states, tribes, and other stakeholders efficiently analyze the data.
https://usepa.github.io/EPATADA/
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Improve harmonization template #79

Open cristinamullin opened 2 years ago

cristinamullin commented 2 years ago

Review the following to improve the harmonization template:

Review the attached document and Excel workbook to help standardize how we might harmonize nutrient data. This work was done for NSTEPS projects for OW/OST/HECD and is led by Jacques Oliver and Galen Kaufman in HECD. Reach out to them with any additional questions. The excel workbook has that master crosswalk table in it. See the TEMPLATE tab.

Nutrient and Response Variable Data Processing - (11-3-2015).docx Nutrient_Response_Lookup_Tables - (10-19-2015).xlsx

cristinamullin commented 9 months ago

Datastream Metals Guidance Draft 20231106.docx

Review metals guidance documents from Datastream (attached, see Fig 1 in particualr) and WQX : https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/wqx-metals-best-practices-guide

Consider changing TADA harmonization file defaults to best align with guidance and best practices.